Another specimen from "Souinlonie" Creek, Clark County, Mississippi,
has the coloration and rostral configuration of _primulina_, narrow
mastoidal breadth and smaller teeth of _noveboracensis_ and skull of
large size with "full" braincase as in _olivacea_. No. 235364, U. S.
Nat. Mus., from the Mobile River at the "L. and N. RR. Crossing,"
Mobile County, Alabama, although definitely _olivacea_, shows approach
to _arthuri_ in that the dorsal outline of the skull is longitudinally
more convex and the tympanic bullae are less inflated than in
_olivacea_ and in that the color of the underparts is almost exactly as
in the type specimen of _arthuri_. The young specimen labeled as from
"Silver Springs," Florida, has large tympanic bullae (17 mm. long) and
several characters that show its relationship to _peninsulae_ as that
race is now understood. Because the sex is unknown the identification
as _olivacea_ is tentative and is made on the assumption that the
specimen is a male. If it is instead a female, the animal is referable
to _peninsulae_.
An adult, female specimen in the Charleston Museum, no. 27.239.1, taken
at St. Matthews, South Carolina, on December 8, 1927, contained four
embryos which averaged 19 mm. in length and 47.75 centigrams in weight.
Another adult female, in the Charleston Museum, no. 32.32, taken on
February 21, 1932, at the same place, has prominent mammae, and the
collector has noted that two were slightly active.
Sixteen of twenty-nine adults examined show infestation of the frontal
sinuses by parasites. However, in none is the malformation of the
frontal region so great as frequently occurs in _M. f. noveboracensis_.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 52, arranged alphabetically
by states and from north to south by counties in each state.
Except as otherwise indicated specimens are in the University of
California Museum of Vertebrate Zoölogy.
=Alabama.= _Lawrence County_: White Creek, 1; Little Sand Mt.,
Shoal Creek, 2. _Winston County_: 7-1/2 mi. N Nauvoo, 1; 8 mi. N
Nauvoo, 1. _Lauderdale County_: near Leighton, 9 mi. N Tennessee
River, 1[91]. _Colbert County_: Leighton, 1[91]. _Autauga County_:
Autaugaville, 1[91]. _Dale County_: Midland City, 1[91]. _Mobile
County_: Mobile River, 12 mi. NE Mobile, 1[91].
=Florida.= _Alachua County_: Gainesville, 4[61]. _Marion County_:
"Silver Springs," 1.
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