90RKX. 247 



Sorex oreopolus ]\IeiTi:iiii. Bioloiiiciil Survey colUH'tioii. 



Prw. J'.iol. Soc. Wash., VII, p. 173, September 29, 1892. 



^IMI- Skin and skull. Adult malo. Sierra Nevada do ('oliniiu 

 Jalisco, Mexico; altitude, lO.ooo f(»et. April !i2, iSiCJ. Collected 

 by E. W. Nelson. ()ri<2;-in:d Miiinl)cr "JnlT. 

 Well-iiiaiU' skin in i,'(mi(1 (•()niliti<in, sl<iili perfect. 



Sorex orizabae Mei riani. liiological Sui-vcy collection. 



North Anier. Fauna, No. 10, j). 71, December 31, lS!tr>. 



53033. Skin and skull. Adult female. Mount Orizaba, Puelwa, 

 Mexico. April 24, 1893. Collected by E. \\' . Nelson. Orio-Jnal 

 number 4738. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull iiracticaliy coiiiiilclc, altliouirh bisected 

 in the interorl)ital region. 



Sorex ornatus Merriam. Biological Sui'vey collection. 



North Amer. Fauna, No. 10; pp. 79-80, j)!. 8, figs. .3-3^, December 31, 1895. 



oHh- Skin and skull. Adult male. San Emigdio Canyon, Mount 

 Pinos, California. October 19, 1891. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 

 Oriu-inal number 1328. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull pei'fect, excejtt for absence of right 

 audita! bulla, basioccipital and some adjacent parts. 



Sorex pachyurus Baird. 



Mammals of North America, p. 20, )il. 27, 1857. 

 =Sorex richardsoni Bachman. See Miller,. North Amer. Fauna, No. 10, p. 48, 

 December, 1895. 



1674. Skeleton, formerly in alcohol. Pembina, North Dakota (not 

 Minne.sota, as stated l)y Baird, loc. cit.). Collected by Charles 

 Cavileer. Catalog-ued October 23, 1856. 



Skeleton in fair condition; all parts of it seem to be jjresent. 



No type designated by Baird, who mentioned three sjiecimens, the above, in 

 alcohol at tliat time, and two skins, ()2() from Pembina, and 638 from Ripley, 

 Minnesota. As no. 1(574 is figured on pi. 27, it is here considered the type. 



Sorex pacificus Coues. 



Bull. U. S. (Jeol. and Geog. Surv., Ill, ].. 050, May 15, 1877. 



3266. Skin w itli fragment of skull inside. Fort rmp<[ua, Oregon. 

 Received from Dr. K. B. Vollum. Catalogued in March, 1858. 



Skin in poor condition; torn about the month so as to expose what teetli are 

 ])resent, the unicuspids only; no filling; tail not skinned out; hair everywhere 

 intact. 



