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among rocks on a steep, damp slope that supported a hardwood forest. 

 On Ulu Dag the specimen was trapped alongside a stream in the fir 

 forest. 



The measurements of my specimens together with those from the 

 British jMuseum collection are listed in table 2. 



The remark made above regarding the migratory route followed by 

 iS'. minutus applies to this shrew as well. 



Table 2.— External measurements of Sorex araneus from Turkey 



'Without claw. 



Neomys anomalus Cabrera 



Sharp-nosed mouse of the water (sivri burunlu su faresi), round 

 tailed water shrew. 



This shrew is known to have a discontinuous distribution in Europe 

 (Van den Brink, 1956 and Niethammer, 1953). Records of collections 

 are from a scattering of localities. A sight record from Jerusalem has 

 never been verified (Bodenheuner, 1935, 1958). Miller (1908) re- 

 ported the collection of a specimen "twenty -five miles north of 

 Erzerum, 7,000 ft., Asia Minor." I collected three specimens in a 

 swampy area along a stream called Rive Qayisi or Irve Deresi near 

 Mahmut^evketpasa (Omerli). These specimens indicate that the 



