SOREX 63 



Diagnosis. — Skull and teeth of maximum size for the sjDecies 

 (condylobasal length of skull, 19*4 to 20' 6; upper tooth-row, 

 8 • 6 to 9 • ; lower tooth-row, 8 • to 8 • 4). 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of five specimens from 

 Briinig, Switzerland: head and body, 74 '6 (72-77); tail, 73 

 (70-75) ; hind foot, 16. Average and extremes of three speci- 

 mens from A^itznau, Switzerland : head and body, 72 "3 (69-75) ; 

 tail, 74-0 (72-75); hind foot, 15-5 (15-16). Adult male from 

 Vitznau, Switzerland : head and body, 69 ; tail, 68 ; hind foot, 

 15 '3. Adult female from Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France: 

 head and body, 73; tail, 74; hind foot, 15 "4. For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 64. 



Specimens examined. — Thirty-one, from the following localities: — 



France: Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Switzerland : St. Cergues, Vaud (Jura), 4 (U.S.N.M. and Mottaz) ; 

 Briinig, 5 (U.S.N.M.); Vitznau, 4 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.); Audermatt, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.); St. Gothard,Uri, 6 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.); Untervatz, Grisons, 

 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Murgthal, St. Gallen, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Siintis, St. Gallen, 1 

 (Mottaz) ; no exact locality, 3. 



Austria-Hungary : Hatszeg, Hunyad, Transylvania, 4. 



6. Vitznau, 440 m. Swit- O. Thomas (c & p). 5. 8. 3. 15. 



zerland. 

 1. St. Gothard, Uri. Baron E. de Selys- 45. 7. 5. 1. 



Longchanips (p). 

 1, 1 al. St. Gothard, Uri. Purchased (Brandt). 46. 2. 1.3. 13. 



46. 2. 13. 14. 

 1. St. Gothard, Uri. Purchased (Stock- 46. 6. 2. 82. 



holm Museum). 

 1. Switzerland. E. R. Alston (p). 79. 9. 25. 9. 



1. Switzerland. Purchased (Ger- 76. 9. 18. 13. 



rard). 

 9. Hatszeg, Hunyad, Tran- C. G. Danford (c). 3. 2. 2. 2. 



sylvania, 2000 ft. 

 Hungary. 

 6, 2 ?. Hatszeg, Hunyad, Tran- C. G. Danford (c). 3. 11. 8. 12-14. 



sylvania, 1500-2000 ft. 



SoREX ALPINUS HERCYNICUS Miller. 



1909. Sorcx alpimis liercynicns Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser.. 



Ill, p. 417, May, 1909. Type in U.S. National Museum. 



1910. Sorcx alpinus hercynicus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 51. 



Type locality. — Mauseklippe, Bode Valley, Harz Mountains, 

 Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — Harz Mountains and Riesen- 

 gebirge. 



Diagnosis. — Skull and teeth not so large as in typical 

 Sorex alpinus (condylobasal length of skull, 19 to 19 "6 mm.; 

 upper tooth-row, 8*2 to 8-6 mm. ; lower tooth-row, 7-8 to 8"0 mm.). 



Measurements. — ■External measurements of type : head and 

 body, 71, tail, 67 ; hind foot, 15-4. Average and extremes of 

 six specimens from the Harz Mountains: head and body, 73 '4 



