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THE MUSEUM. 



hoary; beneath greyish white; tall, sil- 

 very white beneath; length of head 

 and body 2 1-12, tail 3 inches. 



The body is rather thick and full; 

 feet very large, broad and long, entire- 

 ly naked beneath, covered with short 

 stiff hairs; hind feet about twice the 

 length of the fore feet; the ears are 

 small and in the dried skin very incon- 

 spicuous; the whiskers are numerous 

 reaching back to the ears. The feet 

 with the fingers are of a mixed brown 

 and gray, except on the inner edge, 

 where they are colored like the belly. 

 The tail is like the back, except on the 

 outer surface, where it is of a sharply 

 defined whitish like the belly. 



Sorcx trowbi-idgii, Baird: Trow- 

 bridge's Shrew; Astoria to Steilacoom, 

 Pacific coast. 



Sp. Char. Ears very large not ex- 

 ceeding the long fur; fur full, longest 

 hairs measuring over three lines; fore 

 feet contained \\ times in the hinder, 

 which are barely a little more than 

 two-thirds the length of the skull; tail 

 as long as the body and half of the 

 head; third lateral incisor smaller than 

 the fourth; anterior upper incisor with 

 a moderal internal lobe. Color above, 

 sooty brown or black slightly variegat- 

 ed with hoary; beneath, a little paler 

 and very slightly different from the 

 back; head and body 2.\ inches, tail 2 

 inches; hind feet over 5- 10 of an inch. 



Body slender, elongated; snout rath- 

 er broad, depressed and pointed, whis- 

 kers numerous, moderately long and 

 light colored; ears unusually large, al- 

 though not longer than the fur on the 

 nape, covered thinly with hairs on 

 both surfaces, the region about the 

 meatus, however, being bare; the sup- 

 plementary lobe of the ear with long 

 hairs springing from the extreme edge; 

 fur on the body very full and soft, 

 measuring three lines in the back; the 

 fore feet are large in proportion and 

 quite broad, contained about | times 

 in the hinder ones; the palms are broad 

 or broader than the soles, being naked 

 and without fringes; the tail is as long 

 as the body (exclusive of the head) 



and is covered with short, stiff, sup- 

 pressed hairs, which are of equal size 

 everywhere, and furnish but a very 

 stunted pencil at the end. 



Sorcx vagrans. Cooper: Wander- 

 ing Shrew, Cape Flattery, Wash., to 

 Petalum, Calif, 



Sp. Ch. Ears moderately large, 

 though little more than half as long as- 

 the adjacent fur. Fur rather long and 

 full, hairs on the back measuring 2i 

 lines. Feet rather small, anterior 

 contained rather more than one and a 

 half times in the posterior, which are 

 a little over two-thirds the length of 

 the skull. Tail longer than the body, 

 scantily haired at the tip. Third lat- 

 eral tooth above smaller than the 

 fourth. Anterior upper incisor with a 

 rounded internal lobe, in broad con- 

 tact with its fellow. Color above 

 olive brown varied with hoary. Be- 

 neath, dusky yellowish white. Sides, 

 a little paler than the back. Head 

 and body two inches, tail ig, hind foot 

 about .47 of an inch. 



Body rather stout and full. The 

 ears are large and the aperture wide, 

 the concha is not however as long as 

 the fur and is usually concealed in the 

 hair. The internal surface is well 

 covered with fur along the upper mar- 

 gin, as well as on the edges of the sup- 

 plementary lobes. The feet are rath- 

 er small, the palm as broad as the 

 soles, both naked with a slight cilation 

 on the latter. The tail is about five- 

 sixths as long as the head and body, 

 slender, depressed and scantily clothed 

 with short, stiff, depressed hairs, which 

 constitute a very small pencil at the 

 end. The skull is moderately slender 

 anteriorly. The upper anterior has a 

 second hook at the base, decidedly 

 smaller, however, than the one in 

 front of it forming the tip of the tooth, 

 and about equal to the third lateral 

 tooth. The first two lateral teeth are 

 of about equal size and decidedly 

 smaller than the fourth, which how- 

 ever is larger than the third. The 

 teeth are all chestnut colored at the 

 tips. 



