The spot at the angle of the mouth is absent in one-third of the
specimens examined. The upper lips are white in specimens from the
southern part of the range of _olivacea_ but in the northern part
of the range of the subspecies the upper lips are dark colored as
in _noveboracensis_.
_Skull and teeth._--Male (based on 5 adults from Talbot Co.,
Georgia): See measurements and plates 16-18; weight, 5.3 (5.0-6.4)
grams; basilar length, 48.3 (45.8-50.1); zygomatic breadth more or
less (usually less) than distance between condylar foramen and M1
and more or less (usually more) than distance between anterior
palatine foramen and anterior margin of tympanic bulla; mastoid
breadth more or less than (averaging about equal to) postpalatal
length; postorbital breadth less than length of upper premolars
and more or less than (about equal to) width of basioccipital
measured from medial margin of one foramen lacerum posterior to
its opposite; interorbital breadth more or less than (about equal
to) distance between foramen opticum and anterior margin of
tympanic bulla; breadth of rostrum less than length of tympanic
bulla; least width of palate less than greatest length of P4;
anterior margin of tympanic bulla as far posterior to foramen
ovale as width of 3 to 5 upper incisors; height of tympanic bulla
not less than distance from its anterior margin to foramen ovale;
length of tympanic bulla more than length of lower molar and
premolar tooth-row and longer than rostrum (one exception);
anterior margin of masseteric fossa below posterior half of m2.
Female (based on 2 adults from Thomas Co., Ga., and one from
Talbot Co., Ga.): See measurements and plates 31-33; weight, 3.8
(3.5-4.0) grams; basilar length, 43.4 (42.7-44.0); zygomatic
breadth less than distance between condylar foramen and M1 or than
between anterior palatine foramen and anterior margin of tympanic
bulla; postorbital breadth less than length of upper premolars and
more or less (usually more) than width of basioccipital measured
from medial margin of one foramen lacerum posterior to its
opposite; least width of palate less than greatest length of P4;
tympanic bulla as far posterior to foramen ovale as width of 3 to
4 (including I3) upper incisors; height of tympanic bulla not less
(usually more) than distance from its anterior margin to foramen
ovale; length of tympanic bulla more than length of lower molar
and premolar tooth-row and longer than rostrum.
The skull of the female averages 28 per cent lighter than that of
the male.
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