MAY, 1903. 



A LIST OF MAMMALS ELLIOT. 



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Sorex montereyensis. 



Sorex montereyensis. Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 79. 

 Thirty-one specimens: 16, Nicasio; 5, Point Reyes; 3, Petaluma; 

 2, Mendocino; 4, Eureka; i, Requa, California. 



Sorex trowbridgii. 



Sorex trowbridgii. Baird, Mamm. N. Am., 1857, p. 13. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 373. 



Eighteen examples: 5, Goldbeach; 13, Marshfield, Oregon. 



These specimens are not typical and exhibit a tendency toward 

 S. montereyensis, but I refer them provisionally to S. trowbridgii. 



Sorex pacificus. 



Sorex pacificus. Baird, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. , 

 1877, in, p. 650. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901,^3. 375. 



Forty-four specimens: 3, Mendocino; 16, Requa; 13, Eureka; 

 i, Crescent City, California; 5, Goldbeach; 2, Marshfield; 2, Gardi- 

 ner, Oregon. * *. 



The specimens of this series are very uniform in coloration, a 

 slight depth in hue being noticeable in the winter pelage. 



ATOPHYRAX. 



Atophyrax bendirii. 



Atophyrax bendirii. Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 95. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 381. 



Sorex bendirii palmer i. Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 97, 

 pi. xii, figs. 1-3. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 381. 



Five specimens: i, Mendocino; i, Requa, California; 2, Gold- 

 beach; i, Marshfield, Oregon. 



I refer these examples to this species, a.lthough their measure- 

 ments are much greater than those given by Dr. Merriam (1. c.) for 

 his type and other specimens, indeed some even exceeding those given 

 for A. b. palmeri. The following are Dr. Merriam's measurements for 

 his species and subspecies, and also those for my examples. Dr. 

 Merriam's are the first three: 



