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lection, to be intermediate between S. cooperi and S. fatuus." * That 

 S. fatuus really represents a northern subspecies of S. cooperi rather than 

 a distinct species as originally described, appears to be unquestionable. 



Microsorex hoyi. 



Brunswick. Seven specimens of this shrew have been taken on the 

 following dates: December 9, 1907; January 11, 1908 (two); April 27 

 and 28, 1912; May 4, 1912; May 12, 1917. They were trapped in damp 

 woods near streams, and by holes in a bank bordering a brook in an 

 open field. 



Topsham. One secured by a dog May 5, 1917, and examined through 

 the kindness of F. E. Noyes. 



East Andover. Two specimens taken December 17 and 30, 1915, by 

 G. Akers and M. A. Howard. 



Brassua Lake. One trapped May 7, 1916, under a stump in a clearing 

 in moist woods. 



Holden. We are indebted to W. M. Hardy for three additional 

 records of Microsorex from Holden. Two were secured by him in Janu- 

 ary 1908, and one September 16, 1916. 



As there appear to be but three published instances of the capture of 

 the least shrew in New England, the fourteen specimens noted above are 

 of considerable interest. 



Neosorex palustris albibarbis. 



Although the water shrew is not so rare as the preceding species, there 

 are few records of its occurrence in Maine. 



Brunswick. Eight specimens have been taken on the following dates: 

 October 22 and November 20, 1907; April 11 (three), April 20, May 4 

 and October 31, 1909. Several individuals of this series have been ex- 

 amined by Dr. G. M. Allen, who writes as follows in regard to their 

 status: "The Neosorex are, as I had expected, a little intermediate, yet 

 I should refer them unhesitatingly to albibarbis, with which they agree 

 in their coal black coat, dark bellies, and in most cases the tail mostly 

 or entirely black. Two, however, have the underside of the tail whitish 

 nearly as much as in acadicus, and in two others the extreme base is 

 whitish underneath." 



Upton. One procured by Dr. W. C. Kendall and presented to the Lee 

 Museum of Biology, Bowdoin College. Date unknown. 



Brewer. W. M. Hardy informs us of the capture of a specimen by 

 P. F. Eckstorm, March 3, 1909. 



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