NO. 1101. 



FROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



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any collection; (3) that no naturalists familiar with the region, with 

 whom I have communicated, have ever seen or know of specimens 

 taken there. 



Mr. Walter E. Bryant wrote, under date of February 11, 1895: "I 

 have never heard of the occurrence of Condylura cristata in California 

 nor on the Pacific Coast.*'' 



VARIATION. 



This species does not appear to present a large amount of variation, 

 either geographical or individual. As the material at command is not 

 extensive, however, it is possible that more variation exists than can 

 now be shown. 



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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONDYLURA. 



The coloration is, on the whole, remarkably uniform, and the size 

 does not appear to vary in accordance with the geographical location 

 of the specimens. One of the adult specimens from Locust Grove, Xew 

 York, is much more reddish on the under surfaces than others from the 

 same locality. This is especially true about the base of the tail. A 

 skin from Erie, Pennsylvania, has much fewer coarse hairs on the belly 

 than other specimens. These are quite widely separated and are light 

 colored and shining, so that they give to the under surface a some- 

 what peculiar appearance. In many of the specimens a few of the 

 longer hairs of the upper surface are white. In a young specimen from 

 Fort Eipley, Minnesota (No. 5G7, N. M.), and an adult from Halifax, 

 Nova Scotia (No. 3!)08, N. iM.), the tip of the tail is white. This appears, 

 however, to be merely an individual variation. In the former specimen 

 also, that from Fort Eijiley, the last lower premolar on the left side 



