story [= Chicago Natural History Museum] one
specimen from Reforma, Oaxaca, under _O. c. mexicanus_ (p. 35) and one
specimen from the same place under _O. c. couesi_ (p. 31). In the
Chicago Natural History Museum we can find only one specimen. It is a
young male, skull with skin, in which the last molar has not yet
erupted, and bears the catalogue number 13654. It is, in our opinion,
referable to _O. c. mexicanus_. Because we suspect that Goldman (_op.
cit._) by error listed this one specimen twice (once under _O. c.
couesi_ and once under _O. c. mexicanus_) it seems best to exclude
Reforma, Oaxaca, from the geographic range of _O. c. couesi_.

~Oryzomys alfaroi saturatior~ Merriam

A series of _Oryzomys alfaroi_ in the U. S. Biological Surveys
Collection obtained at Tumbala, 5000 ft., Chiapas, Mexico, the type
locality of _Oryzomys alfaroi saturatior_, contains individuals some of
which Goldman (N. Amer. Fauna, 43:66, September 23, 1918) referred to
the subspecies _O. a. saturatior_ and one which he referred to _O. a.
palatinus_. This latter specimen, to judge from the external
measurements given by Goldman (_loc. cit._), is No. 76328. In comparison
with the other material which Goldman saw, we find the specimen to agree
with _O. a. palatinus_ in pale color and posterior concavity of the
posterior border of the palate. In some other diagnostic cranial
characters, it is indistinguishable from specimens of _O. a. saturatior_
from the same locality, and in other characters, notably the slenderness
of the rostrum, it is intermediate between the two subspecies
concerned. In short, although we see the reasons for Goldman's
subspecific identification of this individual, we think, in view of the
structural intermediacy of the animal and the characters of the series
_en masse_, that it is best referred to _Oryzomys alfaroi saturatior_.

~Zapus princeps idahoensis~ Davis

Preble (N. Amer. Fauna, 15:23, August 8, 1899) referred two specimens
from Henry House and three from 15 miles south of Henry House, both
localities in Alberta, Canada, to the subspecies _Zapus princeps
princeps_. Subsequently, when _Z. p. kootenayensis_ (Anderson, Nat. Mus.
Canada, Ann. Rept. 1931, p. 108, November 24, 1932) and _Z. p.
idahoensis_ (Davis, Jour. Mamm., 15(3):221, August 10, 1934) were named,
no mention was made of these specimens although the ranges assigned to
_Z. p. kootenayensis_ and _Z. p. idahoensis_ seemed to isolate the Henry
Hou