244 ^"^ Ottawa Naturalist [February 



50. Myotis californicus. California Bat. 



Common. Most specimens are dark enouj^fh for the form caurinus. 



51. Myotis saturatus. 



This little bat is the most numerous of the gfcnus. 



52. Sotex personatus. Masked Shrew, 



I have only taken this at very high elevations. 



53. Sorex troivhridgi. Trowbridge's Shew. 



Common in the thick woods ; I have not taken il above 2,000 feet. 

 Very hard to g'et g^ood specimens, as the fur on abdomen slips within 

 an hour after death. 5. vagrans and obscurus taken in same localities 

 will keep for eight hours or more. 



54. Sorex vagrans. Wandering Shrew. 



Abundant in the valley, and once taken at 6,000 feet elevation. 



55. Sorex obscurus. Dusky Shrew. 



Abundant, replaced on mountain tops by next species. 



56. Sorex longicaudus. Long-tailed Shrew. 



Common at hig'h elevations. 



57. Sorex vancouverensis. Vancouver Island Shrew. 



I have several times taken very dark seal-brown shrews with the size 

 and teeth formation of vagrans which must be this species. Specimens 

 taken on the foothill between the Chilliwack river and Chilliwack 

 valley were all of this race. 



58. Sorex {Atophyrax) bendirei. Bendire's Shrew. 



This fine shrew is fairly common in thick woods and swamps in the 

 valley. 



59. Neurotrichus gibbsi. Shrew Mole. 



Abundant in the valley in thick woods, and I took one specimen at 

 timber line near 49th parallel when trapping for Phenacomes among the 

 short juniper and heather, with banks of eternal snow all around. 



60. Scapanus townsendi. Townsend's Mole. 



Common in the portions of the valley not affected by Fraser floods, 

 and exceedingly hard to trap, more so than a Beaver or Otter. 





