ATOPHYRAX. BLARINA. 381 



56O. bendirii. (Ato/>/iyrax), Merr. .Trans. Linn. Soc. New York, vol. 

 ii, 1884, pp. 217-225. 



Type locality. Klamath Basin, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Klamath Basin, Oregon, northward along east 

 side of Cascade Range to Paget Sound, westward to coast of Cali- 

 fornia and south to Sonoma County. 



Gcnl. Char. Size large; tail long; other characters those of the 

 subgenus. 



Color. Sooty plumbeous, paler on under parts; tail dusky. 



Measurements. Total length, 150; tail vertebra:, 68; hind foot, 20. 



a.—palmeri, {Sorex), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 97, pi. 

 xii, figs. 1-3. 



Type locality. Astoria, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Coast of Oregon, Willamete Valley. 



Genl. Char. Similar to S. bendirii, but larger, blacker, skull 

 heavier. 



Color. Above shining black, grading into sooty plumbeous 

 beneath; tail dusky. 



Measurements. Total length, 165; tail vertebra^ 73; hind foot, 20. 



h.—albiventer. (Sorex), Merr. N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 97. 



Type locality. Lake Cushman, Olympic Mountains, Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. Olympic Mountains, Washington. 



Genl. Char. Similar to S- bendirii, but larger, beneath whitish; 

 tail longer; skull and teeth larger. 



Color. Above sooty plumbeous; beneath white, tinged with 

 dusky on breast and middle of belly. Tail blackish above, beneath 

 paler at base. 



Measurements. Total length, 166 ; tail vertebra;, 78 ; hind 

 foot, 20.5. 



96. Blarina. 



I. ii2i or 3=3; c. i=i; P. ?=-'; M. ^^ = 32 or 30. 



2—2' 2—2 0—0' I— 1' 3—3 -^ -^ 



Blarina. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 124. Type Sorex talpoides. 



Gapper = S. brevicaudus. Say. 

 Corsira. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 123. 

 Brachysorex. Duvern. Mag. Zool., 2nd Ser. , 1842, p. 37. 

 Blaria. Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, xxi. 

 Talposorex. Pomel (nee Lesson), Archiv. Scien. Pliys. and Nat., 



Geneve, 1848, ix, p. 248. 

 Galemys. Pomel (nee Kaup), Archiv. Scien. Phys. and Nat., 



Geneve, 1848, ix, p. 249. (Part.) 



