216 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM ZOOLOGY, VOL. i. 



Measurements by collector: Total length, 394 mm.; tail, 160; 

 hind leg, 45: ear, 23.5. 



ORDER INSECTIVORA. 

 FAMILY SORICID.E. 



48. Sorex obscurus. 



Sorex vagrans similis. Merr. N. Am. Faun., No. 5, 1891, pp. 

 34-35, pi. iv, fig. 3. 



Sorex obscurus. Miller, N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 72. 



Eight specimens from the following localities: 3, Pyramid 

 Peak, Eldorado Co.; 4, Silver Lake, Amidor Co.; and i Blue 

 Lake, Alpine Co. 



Dr. Merriam's type came from Timber Creek, Salmon River 

 Mountains, Idaho, 8,200 feet altitude. 



49. Sorex montereyensis. 



Sorex montereyensis. Miller, N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 



79- 



Sixteen examples; 15 from Portola, San Mateo Co.; i Mt. 

 Hamilton, Santa Clara Co. Type procured at Monterey, Cal. 



The specimens of this series are very uniform in color, the 

 females, however, being lighter in hue, more brown than blackish. 



