41,-J BLARINA. 



tl. IHitriiin hi'i'i-ii-niiilii (t/oo'ft Bangs. 



Blarina hrcricaitda aloga Bangs, Proc. X. Engl. Zool. Club, in. 



1902, p. 76. 

 IRRATIONAL SHREW. 



Type locality. West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genl. Char. Rostrum very short, massive, and wide; nasal apera- 

 ture wide. 



Color. Above dark brownish drab ; beneath silvery gray ; hands 

 and feet white; tail above dusky, beneath gray. 



Measurements. Total length, adult males, 115-128; tail vertebrae, 

 24-29; hind foot, 14-15. Skull: greatest length, 22 ; basal length, 19.6; 

 interorbital breadth, 6; length of tooth row, 10; length of single half 

 of mandible, 12.2. 



B. Uliiriiiu liri'i-irniiiln cmn /xtcffr Bangs. 



Blarina brevicauda compacta Bangs, Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, in, 



1902, p. 77. 

 THICK-SET SHREW. 



Type locality. Nantucket, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. 



Geogr. Distr. Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. 



Genl. Char. Like B. b. aloga in size; color different. 



Color. Above and beneath slate gray shaded with drab; hands 

 and feet grayish; tail dusky, unicolor. 



Measurements. Total length, adult males, 119-125; tail vertebrae, 

 23-25; hind foot, 14.5-15. Skull: greatest length, 22.4; basal length. 

 19.8; intferorbital breadth, 6; length of tooth row, 10; length of single 

 half of mandible, 12.2. 



/'. HI '// ri tin liri'fi i-n n (I n hrrl u nil i rri (Baird). 



Blarina berlandieri Baird, N. Am. M;nnm.. 1857, p. 20. 



Blarina l<re:-i, andti berlandieri Elliot, Mamm. Middle . \iner. & AY. 



I iv lies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 558. Zool. Ser. 

 BERLAXDIHR'S SIIRI:\V. 



Tvpe locality. Matamoros, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



Gecgr. 1 >istr. l\;m;jc unknown. State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, 

 |Kissibly north into Texas. 



1116. Blarina l/.'lmalestes Mirriani 



lilarina telmalesles Mcrr.. X. Am. Faun.. No. 10. 1X1)5, p. 15 

 pi. n, fivr. 5. Elliot. Svn X Am. Mamm.. F. C. M . Pub., II, 



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