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and, so far as I am aware, nothing definite has been written except by 

 Dr. Merriam, who says: "On the 226. of April, 1878, I found a couple 

 of Shrews under a plank-walk near my museum. They proved to be 

 a male and female, and the latter contained young which, from their 

 size, would probably have been born early in May. Another female, 

 caught near the same place, April 21, 1884, contained five large embryos 

 which would certainly have been born within ten days. They weighed, 

 together, 4.20 grammes. I procured a half grown young, February 

 10, 1884, which must have been born late in the fall. Hence two or 

 three litters are probably produced each season. The young born 

 in autumn do not breed in the spring following, as I have demonstrated 

 by repeated dissections of both sexes" (I. c., pp. 172-173). 



Specimens examined from Illinois, Wisconsin and adjoining states: 

 Illinois Chicago, 6; Fox Lake, Lake Co., skins, 16, in alcohol, 3; 



Camp Logan, Lake Co., 5; Galena, Jo Daviess Co., 2 = 32. 

 Michigan Dowagiac, Cass Co., 4. 

 Minnesota Aitkin, i ; Excelsior, 2 = 3. 



Wisconsin Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., 26; Solon Springs, Douglas 

 Co., 5; Spread Eagle, Florence Co., 6; Lac Vieux Desert, Vilas 

 Co., 2; Conover, Vilas Co., i; (M.P.M.) Douglas Co., 2; Burnett 

 Co., i; Prescott, Pierce Co., 8; Maiden Rock, Pierce Co., 5; Mil- 

 waukee, 2; Milwaukee Co., 3; Delavan, Wai worth Co., 7; Fountain 

 City, Buffalo Co., i; Prairie du Sac, Sauk Co., 48=149. 



Blarina brevicauda carolinensis (BACHMAN). 

 CAROLINA SHORT-TAILED SHREW. 



Sorex carolinensis BACHMAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, Pt. 2, 1837, p. 366. 



Blarina brevicauda carolinensis MERRIAM, N. Amer. Fauna, No. 10, 1895, p. 13 

 (Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, etc.). JACKSON, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XX, 

 1907, p. 74 (S. W. Missouri). RHOADS, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1896 

 (1897), p. 202 (Tennessee). HAHN, Ann. Rept. Dept. Geol. & Nat. Resources 

 Ind., 1908 (1909), p. 601 (Indiana). WOOD, Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., 

 VIII, 1910, p. 587 (Illinois). 



Type locality Eastern South Carolina. 



Distribution Southern United States (except Florida) , north to 

 Virginia, Illinois and Missouri, and west to Texas. 



Description Similar to B. brevicauda, but smaller and generally 

 somewhat browner; general color dusky plumbeous, often tinged 

 with brownish; under parts somewhat paler; teeth similar to B. 

 brevicauda. 



Measurements Total length, about 4 inches or less, the average 

 measurements of 20 specimens being 3.82 in. (97 mm.); tail verte- 

 brae, about .80 in. (20 mm.); hind foot, .50 in. (12.7 mm.). 



