no. 1655. VOTES ON VERTEBRATES FROM INDIANA HAHN. 577 



BLARINA BREVICAUDA CAROLINENSIS (Bachman). 

 CAROLINA SHREW. 



The form of the short-tailed shrew at this locality appears t<> be 

 nearer carolinensis than brevicauda, although not typical. Speci- 

 mens vary in total length from 95 to 1<>"> nun.: hind foot. H to 11: 

 tail, li> to "J4. All the specimens taken have a more or less distinct 

 tinge of brownish. 



This shrew is common, yet not nearly so abundant as at some other 

 places I have collected. One day while collecting along the railway 

 embankment I heard a loud squealing, and going to the spot I dis- 

 covered a short-tailed shrew carrying away bodily a nearly grown 

 Microtus pinetorum. The shrew became frightened at my approach 

 and left it- victim, which wa> about dead. The vole wms the heavier 

 of the two animals. 



Measurements, average oi' live: Total length, L03 mm.: tail. 21.7; 

 hind foot. L2.8. Cranial measurements, average of three: Greatest 

 length of skull, 23; basilar length, 1 ( .>..*'>: palatilar length, LO; greatest 

 breadth of braincase, L1.6; depth of braincase over bullae, 7.-"): upper 

 tooth row. 10. 



BLARINA PARVA (Say). 

 SMALL SHREW. 



This shrew is almost as abundant as the larger species, hut i- not 

 so generally distributed. The species seems to he partly or wholly 

 diurnal in its movements. Its runway- beneath the grass arc so -mall 

 as to he scarcely distinguishable. Most of the specimen- obtained 

 were taken in the vicinity of some small sink" holes, which they evi- 

 dently entered anil in which their ne-t- were probably made. 



Measurements, average of six individuals: Total length, 74.8 mm.: 

 tail, L6.6; hind foot. 1<>. Cranial measurements of the same: Great- 

 est length of skull. L6.2; basilar length, II: palatilar length, 7: 

 greatest breadth of braincase. 8; depth. .V I ; upper tooth row. 7. 



CORYNORHINUS MACROTIS (Le Conte). 

 BIG-EARED BAT. 



This species, previously known from hut one other locality in the 

 State, proved to be common. Seven individuals were ~^rw. but only 



two were secured. They were all found during the winter not far 

 within the caves where both lighl and cold reached. 



"A detailed account of the habits of the bats of this locality, together wills 

 some experimental studies of their sensory adaptations, bas been published by 

 the author in the Biological Bulletin, XV. lues. pp. 135-193. 

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