America in 1885 when Dr. C.
Hart Merriam organized what was later to become the U. S. Biological
Survey.

It seems to me that the correct names of four kinds of wood mice
discussed above are as follows:

_Apodemus peninsulae peninsulae_ (Thomas, 1907)
_Apodemus peninsulae nigritalus_ Hollister, 1913
_Apodemus peninsulae praetor_ Miller, 1914
_Apodemus peninsulae sowerbyi_ Jones, 1956

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_Transmitted May 12, 1956._

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