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49. Parascalops breweri (Bachm.). Brewer's Mole. 



A specimen of the hairy-tailed mole is recorded from Hollidays- 

 burg, Blair County, by Mr. F. W. True, in his " Revision of the 

 American Moles." It is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



I have never seen a Pennsylvania specimen, nor know of other 

 records from the State. 



50. Condylura cristata (L.). Star-nose Mole. 



Though no specimens of this mole have been noted by me in 

 central Pennsylvania there is little doubt of its comparative abund- 

 ance over the entire area. Prof. Baird records a specimen from 

 Carlisle. 



51. Blarina brevicauda (Say). Northern Mole Shrew. 



In the Allegheny Mountains this species is quite typical of the 

 northern form. It is everywhere very abundant. 



52. Blarina cinerea Say. Least Mole Shrew. 



I include this species here on the authority of Prof. Baird, who 

 records one from Carlisle. The only Pennsylvania specimen known 

 to me is in my private collection. It was taken by my friend, Witmer 

 Stone, near Thorndale, Chester County. This southern species is 

 not likely to occur north of the foothills of the Blue Ridge. 



53. Sorex personatus Is. Geoff. St. Hil. Masked Shrew. 



This tiny mammal is sometimes taken by the professional mouser 

 in both the deeper forests and the open grounds near woodland. It 

 appears more numerous in the northern and mountain districts than 

 in the southern lowlands. In the former places it associates with 

 the next species, but is there the rarer of the two. 



54. Sorex fumeus Miller. Smoky Shrew. 



This larger of the long-tailed shrews is abundant in the mountain 

 forests, to which it seems closely confined. It is characteristic of the 

 Alleghenian as contrasted with the Carolinian fauna, whereas the 

 masked shrew inhabits both. 



I have specimens from Sullivan, Clinton, Cambria and Somerset 

 Counties. 



The rare Marsh Shrew, Sorex albibarbis, of which I took a speci- 

 men in Monroe County in 1894, will undoubtedly be found to be a 

 denizen of the hemlock swamps of the central Alleghenies. So far, 

 however, it has escaped notice in these localities. 



