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SOREX ALASCENSIS SHUMAGINENSIS subsp. nov. 

 Shumagin Islands Shrew. 



Type from Popof Id., Shumagin Islands, Alaska. No. 97993 $ ^d. 



U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. July, 1899. 



DeAlton Saunders. Orig. no. 2210 (Fisher catalogue). 



Similar to 6", alascensis but slightly smaller and paler; upperparts 

 more pepper and salt ; underparts much whiter and without the 

 brownish or fulvous wash ; flanks showing a tendency to the develop- 

 ment of a pale buffy-fulvous band. 



Craiiial chai'acters. — Skull and teeth as in alascetisis (3d unicus- 

 pid much smaller than 4th) but slightly smaller. 



Aleasuremejzts. — Type specimen: total length 112; tail vertebrse 

 42 ; hind foot 14. 



Subgenus NEOSOREX. 



SOREX NAVIGATOR ALASKANUS subsp. nov. 

 Alaska Water Shrew. 



Type from Point Gustavus, Glacier Bay, Alaska. No. 97713 $ ad, 



U. S. National Museum, Biological Survey Collection. June 12. 



1S99. A. K. Fisher. Orig. no. 205S. 



Similar to navigator but smaller; skull shorter and more massive; 

 interpterygoid fossa shorter; braincase less abruptly inflated behind 

 constriction; constriction broader; sagittal crest much more highly 

 developed and appearing in relatively young skulls; tooth row shorter. 



Cc/cr.— Upperparts plumbeous or slate gray with a decided ' pepper 

 and salt' appearance ; underparts and feet whitish ; tail above and at 

 tip all round, dusky; below whitish. 



Measureme7its. — Type specimen: total length \<\^\ tail vertebrae 

 65; hind foot 18.5. Another male from type locality: total length 

 160; tail vcrte])rie 72; hind foot 19. 



SFERMOFHILUS OSGOODI sp. nov. Fort Yukon Spcrmophile. 



Type from Fort Yukon, Alaska. No. \\\%\ S ad. U. S. National 

 Museum. April 29, 1877. L. M. Turner. Original no. 1635. 

 Characters. — Size rather large; tail longest of the group, and very 

 red below; nose patch extending over top of head; belly very red in 

 summer pelage; dorsal vermiculations tending to break into spots. 



Color. — Sununer pelage : Whole top of head (from nose to ears) 

 deep ferruginous; neck, shoulders, and sides, grayish, becoming deep 

 fulvous on flanks ; dorsal area fulvous, irregularly spotted with whitish ; 

 underparts, including sides of face, fore and hind legs and feet vary- 

 ing from deep fulvous to ferruginous. Winter pelage: Similar, but 



