462 B1.ARINA. 



(1. BUtrina brevicauda aloga Bangs. 



Blarina brevicauda aloga Bangs, Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, iii, 

 1902, p. 76. 

 Irrational Shrew. 



Type locality. West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genl. Char. Rostrum vet}' short, massive, and wide ; nasal apera- 

 ture wide. 



Color. Above dark brownish drab; beneath silver}^ gray; hands 

 and feet white; tail above dusky-, beneath gray. 



Measurements. Total length, adult males, 1 15-128; tail vertebrae, 

 24-29; hind foot, 14-15. Skull: greatest length, 22; basal length, 19.6; 

 interorbital breadth, 6; length of tooth row, 10; length of single half 

 of mandible, 12.2. 



e. Blarina brei'icaiida compacta Bangs. 



Blarina brevicauda 'Compacta Bangs, Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, iii, 

 1902, p. 77. 

 Thigk-set Shrew. 



Type locality. Nantucket, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. 



Geogr. Distr. Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. 



Genl. Char. Like B.b. aloga in size; color different. 



Color. Above and beneath slate gray shaded with drab; hands 

 and feet grayish ; tail dusky, unicolor. 



Measurements. Total length, adult males, 1 19-125; tail vertebrae, 

 23-25; hind foot, 14. 5-15. Skull: greatest length, 22.4; basal length, 

 19.8; interorbital breadth, 6; length of tooth row, 10; length of single 

 half of mandible, 12.2. 



/. Blarina brevicauda berlandieri (Baird). 



Blarina berlandieri Baird, N. Am. Mamm., 1857, p. 20. 



Blarina brevicauda berlandieri Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 558. Zool. Ser. 

 Berlandier's Shrew. 



Type locality. Matamoros, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Range unknown. State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, 

 possibly north into Texas. 



1116. Blarina telmalestes Mefriam. 



Blarina telmalestes Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, P- ^5' 

 pi. II, fig. 5. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 384. Zool. Ser. 



