As a derelict ship drifts away with the tide The Captain went out on the Past from his Bride, Back, back, through the springs to the chill of the year, When he hunted the Boh from Maloon to Tsaleer.
By the power of God, who alone is great, Till the seventh day he fought with his fate.
A black cross blistered the Morning-gold, And the body upon it was stark and cold.
By the breath of my mad typhoon I swept your close-packed Praya and beached your best at Kowloon!
Geographic Range of the Hooded Skunk, Mephitis macroura, with Description of a New Subspeciesfrom Mexico BY E.
Map showing the geographic ranges of the four subspecies of the species Mephitis macroura.
Small size and relatively long tail characterize both of the lowland, tropical subspecies, eximius and vittata, whereas the two upland subspecies of the temperate areas are larger and have relatively shorter tails.
Four subspeciesof Mephitis macroura may be recognized.
Actually, as indicated above, we doubt that the geographic ranges of the two subspecies are continuous or that the geographic range of M.
New subspecies of the rodent Baiomys from Central America.
A new subspeciesof the slider turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila, Mexico.
A report of this work published by Hall (1951) contains descriptions of three new subspecies of mammals from the island.
Records of harvest mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with description of a new subspecies from Nicaragua.
On the coastal plain, many tropical species and subspecies occurring in Veracruz are found north to Tampico but fail to extend farther northward to the barrier island of northeastern Tamaulipas.
Comments on the taxonomic status of Apodemus peninsulae, with description of a newsubspecies from North China.
Cameron County are intermediate between the two subspecies in size but like C.
A new subspecies of the black myotis (bat) from eastern Mexico.
A new subspecies of lizard, Cnemidophorus sacki, from Michoacan, Mexico.
Our specimen is referable to the nominate subspecies and shows no approach to N.
For the present, reference of our material to the nominate subspecies best expresses the relationships of these coastal gophers.
A new subspeciesof bat (Myotis velifer) from southeastern California and Arizona.
A newsubspecies of ground squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) from Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Evidence of intergradation between the two subspecies is shown in a series of birds collected near Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, in May, 1961.
A curious break in the range of this subspecies is found just north of the Liard River, where, according to no less an authority than Andrew J.
In the midst of the distributional area of this large subspecies and in the vicinity of the Big Bend of the Columbia River, a very small goat is found.
This subspecies probably extends from the American border up through the Canadian Rockies, to the northern limits of goat in that region, which is west of the Mackenzie River at about north latitude 63° 30'.
To sum up, the two American subspecies are smaller than their Canadian relatives and the type from the Cascade Mountains possesses a broad skull, in direct contrast to the narrow skulls of all other goats, both American and Canadian.
This subspeciesis intermediate in size between the eastern form of American goat, O.
SE Seoul, Korea), and was originally proposed as a subspecies of the insular Japanese species, Apodemus speciosus.
Farther to the west, Apodemus flavicollis rusiges Miller, 1913, from Kashmir seems to have been properly assigned as a subspecies of flavicollis (cotypes and large series in USNM).
The subspecies praetor, on the other hand, has generally been regarded as a synonym of peninsulae by recent authors.
They are, therefore, here considered as subspeciesof the latter.
On the basis of available data, the recognition of subspecies in Hyla bistincta is unwarranted.
These subspecies were diagnosed on the basis of differences in ventrals, subcaudals, and the ratio of tail length to total length; sexual dimorphism in each characteristic was considered.
Kirn, Burger and Smith (1949) proposed the recognition of two subspecies of Tantilla gracilis (T.
In our opinion the differences between the populations for the characteristics analyzed do not warrant recognition of subspecies (Fig.
We do not recognize these subspecies for the reasons given below.
WEBB Examination of softshell turtles allied to Trionyx muticus from the southeastern United States discloses the presence of an undescribed subspecies inhabiting river systems of the Gulf Coast.
These characters distinguish these two subspecies from the severalsubspecies of T.
This subspecies is unknown from the Mississippi and Tennessee river drainages, which are inhabited by T.
A new subspecies of soft-shelled turtle from the central United States, with comments on the application of the name Amyda.
It should be pointed out, however, that there is no evidence of intergradation between muticus and calvatus in the lower Mississippi Valley as has been reported for the subspecies of T.
Conant and Goin, 1948), and that the degree of difference between calvatus and muticus is greater than that between some subspecies of T.
A new subspecies of Dendragapus (Dendragapus obscurus flemmingi) from southern Yukon Territory.
For each species or subspecies the objective is to give at least one reference to occurrence, as to date and place, as accurately as possible.
Specimens seem referable to subspecies pinicola, recently synonymized by the A.
Notes on the subspecies of Numenius americanus Bechstein.
This relationship suggests that the two kinds are neither subspecies of a single species, nor individual variants of a widespread, monotypic species, but probably are two different species.
Merriam's arrangement of evotis as a subspecies of crawfordi has been followed by subsequent workers, mostly, we suppose, because additional material of undoubted evotis has not until now been available.
We agree that one, most likely the smaller toltecus, may eventually prove to be a northern subspecies of cinereus.
This subspecies has been reported previously only from the type locality, Alamos, Sonora.
Probably truei and sinaloensis both are only subspeciesof the more southerly S.
Specimens from south of San Miguel and north of the undoubted range of fortidens are needed in order to ascertain whether the two kinds are distinct species or instead only subspecies of a single species.
Specimens in the Museum of Natural History from the following localities, several of which are marginal, document better than previously has been done the distribution of this subspecies in Sinaloa: 32 mi.
All specimens examined of subspecies compared with the series of pinon mice from northeast of Durango are in the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History.
This heretofore unknown subspecies is characterized below and may be known as: =Peromyscus truei erasmus= subsp.
W Sombrerete, Zacatecas), the subspecies of the surrounding region, P.
A new subspecies of Microtus montanus from Montana and comments on Microtus canicaudus Miller.
A new subspecies of wood rat (Neotoma mexicana) from Colorado.
Two new subspecies of Thomomys bottae from New Mexico and Colorado.
The subspeciesof the Mexican red-bellied squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster.
Furthermore the additional specimens and my studies of variation make modifications in the characterization of these subspecies necessary.
The topotypes of this subspecies are the most distinct of all the series which I have studied from the eastern Rocky Mountains, in terms of the degree of morphological departure from the norm for the species.
Although the line separating these two subspecies is drawn somewhat arbitrarily, on the whole the samples from north of this line more closely resemble nanus.
The differences pointed out in subsequent descriptions of subspecies found in the above area do not show a gradual change in any character, or in the number of characters, nor is caryi an extreme when compared with the other subspecies.
Not all of the samples here assigned to a single subspecies are identical and I therefore list and discuss some of the local variants.
These four barriers presumably have led to the differentiation of the two subspecies that are newly named beyond.
Notes on the meadow mice Microtus montanus and Microtus nanus with descriptions of a newsubspecies from Colorado.
Comparisons with subspecies named as new in this paper will be found in the accounts of those subspecies beyond.
Only one nest of this subspecies has been reported to date, that discovered by Mr. C.
Here is a fine problem for the man with a gun, to whom a new subspecies is more than the lives of a thousand innocents.
High mountains and the Arkansas River isolate the new subspeciesfound at Canyon City from populations of T.
This new subspecies is the most extreme of the variants occurring in the unstable environment at the edge of the plains.
The characters of the new subspecies are most distinctive in the northeastern part of its range near Two Buttes and Higbee.
The skulls of these two subspeciesare of about the same size, but the subspecies differ in other respects as scopulorum differs from fallax and inopinata.
Field and museum studies of the wood rats of Colorado have revealed the existence of an unnamed subspecies of Neotoma mexicana in eastern Colorado south of the Arkansas River.
This heretofore undescribed subspecies may be known as: #Neotoma mexicana scopulorum# subsp.
Large areas of relatively greater aridity, such as the region occupied by the subspecies insperatus, occur in Wyoming and Colorado.
Although not compared in detail with the subspecies to the north, M.
Some morphological features of the same kind and degree that differentiate subspecies in one place may not vary geographically in another place.
In some characteristics of the skulls, populations within Pennsylvania differed as much or more than the subspecies from Wyoming and Colorado.
The subspecies is so named because of its limited range.
There is thus a broad zone of intergradation in color and the line separating the subspecies must be drawn somewhat arbitrarily.
Any differential feature present in more than 75 per cent of the pairs of animals is reported in the discussion of the subspecies concerned.
Darkness is a characteristic of several non-adjacent subspecies of Microtus pennsylvanicus, for example M.
Variation in color is discussed in the accounts of the subspecies concerned.
In this subspecies there is a cline in color from dark in extreme southwestern Wyoming to pale in north-central Wyoming and Montana as the range of M.
New Subspecies of the rodent Baiomys from Central America.
Until the extent of variation of these characters is known throughout the range of rugulosus, the recognition of populations either as species or subspecies seems superfluous.
In the light of this evidence there seems to be little justification in recognizing two species or even two subspecies in this group.
A subspecies is a geographic race or variation within a species; a super-family a group of allied families.
Pipistrellus subflavus clarus is the palest subspecies of the eastern pipistrelle.
Specimens from those places represent a heretofore undescribed subspecies which may be named and described as follows: #Pipistrellus subflavus clarus new subspecies# Type.
Coloration: As described for the subspecies garrula, but less Vinaceous dorsally, and more Cinnamon; venter lighter gray than garrula, and much paler than pallidiceps.
Other specimens of the subspecies lepida show a varying amount of flaring, the least (in the series available) being in No.
Geographic range of the hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura, with description of a new subspecies from Mexico.
In a series of 13 specimens of the three subspecies of B.
Based on the present examination of 112 specimens of this species the two populations are held to be sufficiently distinct to warrant taxonomic recognition assubspecies (Fig.
Distribution of Syrrhophus cystignathoides campi (solid symbols) and the nominatesubspecies (open symbols).
The distribution of this subspecies is adequately described by Duellman (1958).
Until contrary evidence is forthcoming, I consider the disjunct populations heretofore held to be subspecies of modestus to be specifically distinct.
The two subspecies can be distinguished on the basis of color pattern and the condition of the skin of the venter.
Considerable debate has been waged relative to the value of subspecies and to the reasons for recognizing distinct disjunct populations as species versus subspecies.
Two subspecies were recognized by Duellman (1958).
Duellman's (1958) synopsis of this subspecies is adequate; the distribution has not been extended, but several records are now available which fill in gaps.
Neill (1965) characterized his new subspecies on the basis of white venter and spots on the dorsum.
Dicegrams of ear size relative to eye diameter in the two subspecies of Syrrhophus pipilans.
Although no breeding was observed nor calls heard, it is presumed that this subspecies breeds in shallow, temporary pools, like those utilized by the nominate subspecies.
Although at present no evidence for intergradation exists, the population described here is considered to be a subspecies of Hyla pseudopuma.
The two subspecies exhibit few differences in size and proportions, except that the tympanum is larger in pseudopuma (Table 1).
Variation in Certain Measurements and Proportions in the Subspecies of Hyla pseudopuma.
A subspecies of Hyla pseudopuma characterized by having dark red, instead of yellow, in groin and on anterior and posterior surfaces of thighs; white stripe above anal opening; and blunt snout.
The long-nosed bats from San Josecito Cave do not differ appreciably from Leptonycteris nivalis longala Stains, the largest Recent subspecies of the species, and the subspecies that occurs in the same geographic area today.
The Conard Fissure, a Pleistocene bone deposit in northern Arkansas: with description of two new genera and twenty new species and subspecies of mammals.
The Subspeciesof the Mexican Red-bellied Squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster BY KEITH R.
Wagler's description of the type of that subspecies fitted so well certain of Nelson's specimens from that place.
The animals showed instead, that there was a subspecies differing from each of the two mentioned subspeciesin small size, dark color and slenderness of skull.
From Thomomys talpoides clusius (topotypes), the subspecies to the north and west, T.
