pletely haired; unicuspids large, gradually diminishing to fourth; 

 first and second subequal. 



Color. Above dark seal brown, darkest on rump; grayish brown 

 along the belly; tail dark brown all around. 



Measurements. Total length, no ; tail vertebrae, 42 ; hind 

 foot, 13.5. 



541. fumeus. (Sore.x), Miller, N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, PP- 



50-52- 



p/atyrhinus, Dobson (nee DeKay), Mon. Insect., 1890, Pt. iii, 

 fasc. I, pi. xxiii, fig. 5. 



Type locality. Peterboro, N. V. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern United States, Nova Scotia, New Bruns- 

 wick east to Ontario and the Great Lakes. 



Genl. Char. Size of .S". richardsoni. Back without distinct dark 

 median area. Color, smoky plumbeous gray. 



Color. In autumn and winter. Back smoke gray, the hair everj'- 

 where tipped with seal brown, producing a finely grizzled appear- 

 ance; the dark tips slightly more conspicuous over rump and lumbar 

 region, less numerous on the sides and disappearing entirel)' on the 

 belly, where the fur is pale broccoli brown. Everywhere the fur is 

 slate color at base. Tail indistinctly bicolor seal brown dorsallj', 

 yellowish white ventrally; feet yellowish white. 



In Summer. Dull hair brown throughout, paler on the belly, and 

 very slightly darker on the back. 



Measurements. Total length, 116; tail vertebrae, 44; hind foot, 

 12.6. (Miller, 1. c.) 



542. macrurus. {Sorex), Batchelder, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



1896, X, p. 133. 



Type locality. Beedes, Essex County, New York. 



Genl. Char. Size large; tail long; body stout. 



Color. Upper parts slate or blackish slate; under parts dark 

 smoke or brownish mouse gray; tail above brown, beneath brownish 

 flesh color; hind and fore feet above, fawn color. 



Measurements. Total length, 130; tail vertebra;, 60; hind foot, 

 15; ear, 10. 



543. setosus. (.V'/va), Elliot, Pub. Field Col. Mus., 1899, ii P- 274, 



Zoology. 



Type locality. Happy Lake, Clallam County, Olympic Moun- 

 tains, Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. Only known from type locality. 



Genl. Char. Larger than either 5. vagrans or S. obseurus. Simi- 

 lar in the color of the back but with brighter sides, and grayish white 



