44 Miller Five New SJirews from Europe. 



Measurements. External measurements of type specimen: total length, 

 131; head and body, 76; tail vertebrae, 55; hind foot, 16 (14). Average 

 and extremes of ten specimens from the type locality: total length, 123 

 (118-131); tail vertebrae, 52.5 (47-57); hind foot, 14.8 (14-16); hind foot 

 without claws, 13.3 (13-14). 



Specimens examined. Seventy-five, from the following localities in 

 Switzerland: Andermatt, 48; Briinig, 9; Meiringen, 18. 



Remarks. On comparing the series of Swiss shrews with a somewhat 

 greater number of true Sorex araneus from Upsala, Sweden, taken by 

 the same collector, the differences between the two races are so apparent 

 as to call for no special comparisons beyond those already given. 



Twenty shrews from eastern Norway collected by Miss Thora Stejne- 

 ger, mostly in the vicinity of Bergen, represent a large animal quite dis 

 tinct from the Sorex araneus araneus of southeastern Sweden, and much 

 resembling 8. araneus alticola. Ten specimens give the following aver 

 ages: total length, 127 (116)*; tail vertebrae, 49 (39); hind foot, 16.2 (14): 

 hind foot without claws, (12.7). It will be seen that the Norwegian 

 shrew exceeds both true araneus and alticola in length of hind foot, but 

 that the tail, while longer than in the Swedish animal, is not quite 

 equal to that of the Swiss form. Unfortunately the Norwegian speci 

 mens are all in the summer coat, and all are so old that the teeth are too 

 much worn to show the pigmentation. The status of the animal there 

 fore cannot be satisfactorily determined. 



Sorex araneus euronotus subsp. nov. 



Type. Adult male (skin and skull) No. 101,321 United States National 

 Museum. Collected at Montrejeau, Hautes Pyrenees, France (in foot 

 hills of Pyrenees), July 8, 1899, by Robert T. Young. Original number, 

 6-12. 



Character*. Size slightly less than that of true Sorex araneus; color 

 (in summer pelage), more brown, particularly on underparts. 



Color. The colors are essentially as in the summer pelage of Sorex 

 araneus araneus and S. araneus alticola except that the browns are darker 

 and the belly is heavily washed with wood-brown. The tricolored pat 

 tern though visible is less distinct than in the other races. 



Skull and teeth. Skull as in Sorex araneus araneus, but slightly though 

 constantly smaller, and with less inflated braincase. Teeth as in the 

 typical form but smaller and somewhat more heavily pigmented. 



Measurements. External measurements of type: total length, 122; 

 head and body, 78; tail vertebrae, 44; hind foot, 13.5 (12.5). Average 

 and extremes of nine specimens from the type locality: total length, 114 

 (107-117); tail vertebrae, 42 (37-44); hind foot, 13.8 (13.5-15); hind foot 

 without claws, 12.8 (12.5-14). 



Specimens examined. Nine, all from the type locality. 



*Measurements in parenthesis are those of a corresponding number of 

 Sorex araneus from Upsala, taken at random from the large number at 

 hand. 



