Measurements. Total length, 115; tail vertebras 45; hind 

 foot, 14.5. 



a. — shuma^inensis. (Sorex), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 1900, 

 p. iH. 



Ty/e locality. Popof Island, Shumagin Group, Alaska. 



Genl. Char. Similar to .S'. g. a/ascensis, but smaller and paler. 



Color. Above brown and whitish, "pepper and salt" appear- 

 ance; beneath grayish white; indistinct pale fulvous band on flanks. 



Measurements. Total length, 112; tail vertebra', 42; hind foot, 14. 



550. bairdi. {Sore.x), Merr., N. Am. Faun., 1895, p. 77, pi. vii, figs. 



3. 3"- 



Type locality. Astoria, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Coast of Oregon. 



Genl. Char. Similar to S. o. longicaudus, but skull larger and an- 

 terior unicuspids much more swollen. 



Color. Above dark chestnut brown mixed with black on back, 

 beneath chestnut brown; tail dark brown above, pale buffy brownish 

 below. 



Measurements. Average total length, 129; tail vertebraR, 57; 

 hind foot, 15. i. 



551. trowbridgei. (Sorex), Baird, Mamm., N. Am., 1857, pp. 13-15. 

 Type locality. Astoria, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Western W^ashington and Oregon, west of Cas- 

 cade Range. 



Genl. Char. Similar to S. montereyensis, but third lateral incisor 

 smaller than the fourth, anterior upper incisor with a moderate inter- 

 nal lobe. 



Color. Above sooty brown or black, slightly variegated with 

 hoary, beneath paler; tail blackish above, whitish beneath. 



Measurements. Average total length, 121; tail vertebrae, 57.7; 

 hind foot, 13.7. 



552. montereyensis. {Sorex'), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, 



P- 79- 



Type locality. Monterey, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Coast and Sierra Nevada of California; south on 

 coast to Morro and San Luis Obispo; south in the Sierra to Sequoia 

 National Park and East Fork Kaweah River. 



Genl. Char. Size large; tail long; skull and teeth similar to S. 

 trowbridgei, but heavier. 



Color. Above slate black, grading into dull plumbeous brown 

 on the belly. In summer the back is bro\vnish. Tail blackish above, 

 whitish beneath. 



