=Colorado.= _Routt Co._: Hahns Peak, 2; Hayden, 1. _Jackson Co._ Pearle,
North Park, 9000 ft., 2; Canadian Creek, North Park, 6; 5 mi. E Canadian
Creek, 1; Rabbit Ear Mts., Arapaho Pass, 5. _Larimer Co._: Elkhorn, 7000
ft., 1; Estes Park, 7. _Grand Co._: Coulter, 4. _Boulder Co._: Longs
Peak, 3; Gold Hill (the skin only; skull does not belong), 1; 3 mi. S
Ward, 9000 ft., 10 (K. U.); 5 mi. W Boulder, 7. _Gilpin Co._: Blackhawk
(U. S. N. M.), 2. _Jefferson Co._: Golden, 1; Golden foothills, 7300
ft., 1. _Park Co._: Como, South Park, 9800 ft., 1. _El Paso Co._:
Cascade, 1 (too young for certain sub-specific identification).
=Wyoming.= _Carbon County_: 13 mi. E and 6 mi. S Saratoga, 8500 ft., 1;
14 mi. E and 6 mi. S Saratoga, 8800 ft., 1; 7 mi. S and 11 mi. E
Saratoga, 5; 8 mi. S and 6 mi. E Saratoga, 10; 10 mi. N and 14 mi. E
Encampment, 8000 ft., 2; 10 mi. N and 16 mi. E Encampment, 8000 ft., 1;
8 mi. N and 16 mi. E Encampment, 8400 ft., 10. _Albany Co._: 2-1/4 mi.
ESE Browns Peak, 10300 ft., 7; 3 mi. ESE Browns Peak 10000 ft., 5; 2 mi.
S Browns Peak, 10600 ft., 7; 3 mi. S Browns Peak, 1; 2 mi. E and 1/2 mi.
S Medicine Bow Peak, 10800 ft., 2; 5 mi. N Laramie, 7200 ft., 1; 1 mi. E
Laramie, 7164 ft., 18; Laramie Mts., 10 mi. E Laramie (8500 ft., 2; 9000
ft., 1), 3 (U. S. B. S.); 5-1/2 mi. ESE Laramie, 8500 ft., 4; 8 mi. E
and 4 mi. S Laramie, 8600 ft., 5; 8 mi. E and 6 mi. S Laramie, 8500 ft.,
1; 15 mi. SE Laramie, Pole Mtn., 8200 ft., 3 (U. S. B. S.); 1 mi. SSE
Pole Mtn., (8250 ft., 4; 8350 ft., 6), 10; 1 mi. S Pole Mtn., 8350 ft.,
2; 2 mi. SW Pole Mtn., 8300 ft., 6; 2-1/2 mi. S Pole Mtn., 8340 ft., 1;
3 mi. S Pole Mtn., 1; Woods P. O., 2 (U. S. N. M.); Fort Russell, 1 (U.
S. N. M.); Sherman, 2 (U. S. N. M.).
_Additional records._--Bailey (N. Amer. Fauna, 39:101, 112, November 15,
1915) has recorded the following specimens, which on geographic grounds,
would presumably be referable to _Thomomys talpoides rostralis._
COLORADO: Estes Park (referred by Bailey, p. 101, to _T. t. clusius_),
1; Colorado City, 1; Colorado Springs, 2-1/2 mi. N, 6000 ft., 1;
Colorado Springs, east of Palmer Park, 1; Montgomery, 3; Nederland, 4;
Teller County Divide, 1. These specimens have not been examined by us.
=Thomomys talpoides attenuatus= new subspecies
_Type._--Male, adult, skull and skin, no. 15095 Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ.
Kansas; from 3-1/2 mi. W Horse Creek Post Office, 7000 ft., Laramie
County, Wyoming; obtained on July 16, 1945, by Henry W. Setzer; original
no. 629.
_Range._--Southeastern Wyoming from Niobrara County south into Weld
County, Colorado.
_Diagnosis._--Size small; color pale (whitish); skull smooth and,
relative to its length, slender; rostrum relatively long; nasals
truncate posteriorly; middle parts of zygomatic arches straight;
temporal ridges low and more widely separated in middle extent than at
anterior or posterior ends; tympanic bullae rounded and moderately
inflated; interpterygoid space V-shaped.
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