146 SOREX. 



Type locality. La Laguna, Sierra Laguna, Lower California, Mex- 

 ico. 



Genl. Char. Like S. ornatus but darker on underparts. 



Color. Upperparts dark grayish brown; underparts paler; tail 

 above blackish, beneath paler; feet dusky. Ex type in United States 

 National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 98; tail, 41; hind foot, 12.5. Skull: 

 Occipi to-nasal length, 16.1; intertemporal width, 3.5; length of palate, 

 4.9; length of upper molar series, 6.5; length of mandible, 7.7; length 

 of lower molar series, 4.4. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Sorex calif ornicus jucensis Nelson and Goldman. 



Sorcx calif ornicus jucensis Nels. and Goldm., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 

 XXII, 1909, p. 27. 



TV pc locality. Socorro, 15 miles south of San Quintin, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Resembles S. calif ornicus, but tail somewhat longer, 

 feet darker. Skull has the braincase narrower and higher, more 

 arched; third unicuspid very small, in this respect like S. calif ornicus. 



Color. Upperparts mixed smoky brown and grayish; underpurts 

 brownish gray and plumbeous; tail above dusky; beneath grayish, 

 tip darkest. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 101; tail, 41; hind foot, 12.5. 



Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 14.7; Henscl, 13.7; intertemporal width, 



3.5; length of nasals, 5.5; palatal length, 5.5; length of upper molar 



Ties, 6; length of mandible, 8.8; length of lower molar scries, 4.5. 



Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Sorex dispar Batcheldcr. 



Sorex dispar Batchelder, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV, 1911, p. 97. 

 Sorex macrurus Batcheldcr, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., X, 1896, p. 133 



(nee Lehir.ann, 1822); Elliot, Syn, N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub. Zool., 1901, p. 364; Id. Check-List N. Am. Mamm., 1905, 



P- 443- 

 Type locality. Adirondack Mountains, New York. 



The name' man-urns originally given to this species being preoccu- 

 pied, Batcheldcr i/. c.) proposes a new one dispar. 



Sorex fontinalis Ilollister. 



Snrex pi rsonatus lesuenri Merr., N. Am. Fauna, No. 10, 1X05 p. 61 



Part). 

 Sorex fniiliiKiiis Ilollister, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 40, No. 1825, 1911, 



p. 378. 



