n mouse is specifically distinct from any of the previously
named Asiatic species--at this writing we lack material to decide this
question--the named kinds from the mainland of the New World may stand
as follows:

MICROTUS MIURUS ANDERSONI Rand.

1945. _Microtus andersoni_ Rand, Bull. Nat. Mus. Canada, 99:42,
prior to June 20, type from near headwaters of Little Keel
River, 5500 ft., 82 mi. W Mackenzie River on Canol Road,
Mackenzie.

MICROTUS MIURUS CANTATOR Anderson.

1947. _Microtus cantator_ Anderson, Bull. Nat. Mus. Canada,
102:161, January 24, type from mountain top near Tepee Lake,
61 deg. 35' N, 140 deg. 22' W, N slope Elias Range, Yukon Terr.

MICROTUS MIURUS MIURUS Osgood.

1901. _Microtus miurus_ Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 21:64,
September 26, type from head of Bear Creek, in mts. near Hope
City, Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska.

MICROTUS MIURUS MURIEI Nelson.

1931. _Microtus muriei_ Nelson, Jour. Mamm., 12:311, August 24,
type from Kutuk River (tributary of Alatna River), Endicott
Mts., Alaska.

1950. _Microtus miurus paneaki_ Rausch, Jour. Washington Acad.
Sci., 40:135, April 21, type from Tolugak Lake (lat. 68 deg. 24'
N, long. 152 deg. 10'), Brooks Range, Alaska.

MICROTUS MIURUS OREAS Osgood.

1907. _Microtus miurus oreas_ Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 20:61, April 18, type from Toklat River, Alaskan
Range, Alaska.

_Transmitted July 8, 1952._

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