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  JOURNAL 
  OF 
  THE 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES 
  VOI.. 
  12, 
  NO. 
  11 
  

  

  Sorex 
  trigonirostris, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Type 
  specimen. 
  — 
  No. 
  203,608, 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  Biological 
  Survey 
  

   collection 
  ; 
  female 
  adult 
  (teeth 
  slightly 
  worn) 
  , 
  skin 
  and 
  skull 
  ; 
  collected 
  May 
  

   5, 
  1914, 
  by 
  Luther 
  J. 
  Goldman. 
  Original 
  number 
  1308. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Ashland, 
  altitude 
  1,975 
  feet, 
  Jackson 
  County, 
  Oregon. 
  

  

  Geographic 
  range. 
  — 
  Known 
  only 
  from 
  near 
  Ashland, 
  Oregon. 
  

  

  Diagnostic 
  characters. 
  — 
  Similar 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  color 
  to 
  Sorex 
  ornatus 
  cali- 
  

   fornicus; 
  mastoid 
  region 
  of 
  skull 
  more 
  angular 
  and 
  prominent 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  

   other 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  ornatus 
  group 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  shorter 
  and 
  more 
  angular, 
  the 
  sides 
  

   less 
  outwardly 
  curved 
  than 
  in 
  calif 
  amicus 
  . 
  

  

  Color. 
  — 
  Summer 
  pelage: 
  Upperparts 
  grayish 
  hair-brown, 
  becoming 
  drab 
  

   on 
  the 
  sides; 
  underparts 
  between 
  pale 
  smoke 
  gray 
  and 
  pale 
  olive-gray, 
  very 
  

   faintly 
  tinged 
  with 
  pale 
  olive-buff; 
  tail 
  olive-brown 
  above, 
  avellaneous 
  

   below 
  nearly 
  to 
  tip. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  of 
  type 
  specimen. 
  — 
  Total 
  length, 
  95; 
  tail 
  vertebrae, 
  34; 
  

   hind 
  foot, 
  12. 
  Skull: 
  Condylobasal 
  length, 
  15.6; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  5.8; 
  breadth 
  

   of 
  cranium, 
  7.9; 
  interorbital 
  breadth, 
  3.4; 
  maxillary 
  breadth, 
  4.5; 
  maxil- 
  

   lary 
  tooth 
  row, 
  5.5. 
  

  

  Sorex 
  trowbridgii 
  humboldtensis, 
  subsp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Type 
  specimen. 
  — 
  No. 
  97,271, 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  Biological 
  Survey 
  

   collection; 
  male 
  adult 
  (teeth 
  slightly 
  worn), 
  skin 
  and 
  skull; 
  collected 
  June 
  

   11, 
  1899, 
  by 
  Walter 
  K. 
  Fisher. 
  Original 
  number 
  914. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Carson's 
  Camp, 
  Mad 
  River, 
  Humboldt 
  Bay, 
  Humboldt 
  

   County, 
  California. 
  

  

  Geographic 
  range. 
  — 
  Coast 
  region 
  of 
  Humboldt 
  and 
  northern 
  Mendocino 
  

   Counties, 
  California. 
  

  

  Diagnostic 
  characters.- 
  — 
  Intermediate 
  in 
  general 
  between 
  Sorex 
  trowbridgii 
  

   trowbridgii 
  and 
  5. 
  t. 
  montereyensis 
  . 
  About 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  Sorex 
  t. 
  trowbridgii, 
  but 
  

   tending 
  to 
  be 
  larger, 
  with 
  larger 
  and 
  broader 
  skull 
  and 
  heavier 
  dentition. 
  

   Averaging 
  a 
  trifle 
  darker 
  and 
  less 
  brownish 
  than 
  Sorex 
  t. 
  montereyensis, 
  with 
  

   relatively 
  longer 
  tail; 
  skull 
  with 
  narrower 
  rostrum 
  and 
  weaker 
  dentition. 
  

  

  Color. 
  — 
  Summer 
  pelage: 
  Upperparts 
  between 
  deep 
  mouse 
  gray 
  and 
  chae- 
  

   tura 
  drab 
  or 
  slightly 
  paler; 
  underparts 
  similar 
  in 
  color 
  to 
  dorsal 
  parts, 
  

   scarcely 
  if 
  at 
  all 
  paler; 
  tail 
  sharply 
  bicolor, 
  fuscous 
  to 
  chaetura 
  black 
  above, 
  

   whitish 
  below. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  of 
  type-specimen. 
  — 
  Total 
  length, 
  132; 
  tail 
  vertebrae, 
  62; 
  

   hind 
  foot, 
  14. 
  Skull: 
  Condylobasal 
  length, 
  17.8; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  7.2; 
  breadth 
  

   of 
  cranium, 
  8.9; 
  interorbital 
  breadth, 
  4.1; 
  maxillary 
  breadth, 
  5.4; 
  maxillary 
  

   tooth 
  row, 
  6.7. 
  

  

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  857th 
  MEETING^ 
  

  

  The 
  857th 
  meeting 
  (the 
  51st 
  annual 
  meeting) 
  of 
  the 
  Philosophical 
  Society 
  

   was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Cosmos 
  Club 
  auditorium, 
  December 
  3, 
  1921. 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  

  

  1 
  A 
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  12: 
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  1922. 
  

  

  