1894.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 395 



Richardson's description. It was taken on the banks of the Bush- 

 kill where it crosses the southwestern corner of Pike County. It is 

 similar to several specimens taken in Maine and central Quebec. * 



38. TSorex . 



Four specimens of a rather large, bluish-gray shrew answering 

 Baird's description of *S'. forsteri, one taken at Yaggie's and three on 

 Dingraan's Creek, are very distinct from the preceding species in 

 size, color, and habits. The S. forsteri of Baird I am convinced is 

 not the same as the S. forsteri of Richardson. It is very probable 

 that the four specimens in question are identical with the animal 

 described by Baird as forsteri What name, among the numerous 

 existing ones, should be given this bluish-gray shrew with light 

 colored feet and chin and brownish neck, forearm, chest, and vent, 

 and bicolored tail, I am at a loss to know. 



39. Sorex (Neosorex) albibarbis (Cope). Eastern marsli Shrew. 



It is with no small satisfaction that I announce the discovery of a 

 member of this subgenus in Pennsylvania. One specimen was taken 

 along the banks of a rocky stream flowing into the Big Bushkill, in 

 Monroe County. It is the most southerly record for the subgenus, 

 the previous record being from Warwick, INIassachusetts. After 

 going over the ground somewhat, it appears proper to endorse the 

 verification of Mr. G. S. Miller, Jr., in the Proceedings of the Bos- 

 ton Society of Natural History, in giving this shrew the name ap- 

 plied to New England examples by Prof. Cope in 1863. Specimens 

 from Lac Aux Sables, Quebec, and from Lincoln, Maine, agree 

 better, in the brownish cast of lower parts, with Prof. Cope's 

 diagnosis of albibarbis, as contrasted with the "ash-colored" belly of 

 S. paliistris given by Richardson in the Fauna Boreali Americana. 



In the Pike County specimen, though identical in dentition and 

 proportionate measurements with my Canadian specimens, the colors 

 are much as in Richardson's diagnosis of paliistris, showing that the 

 brown belly character is inconstant in eastern specimens. It is 

 probable, however, that the exceptions are in immature pelage. For 

 a full discussion of these questions, see paper by Mr. G. S. IVIiller, 

 Jr., in the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 

 Vol. XXVL 



5 Mr. G. S. Miller, Jr., has since identified these shrews to be 5. personatus 

 G. St. Hilaire. 



