SORECID.E 255 



Sorex bendirei ^Ierriam. (For Major Charles E. 



Bendire. ) 



BENDIRE SHR'EW. 



Large; feet with a narrow fringe of stiff hairs; ears not con- 

 spicuous; above dull sooty plumbeous; faintly paler below; tail 

 dusky all around. Differs from ncrcigator in tail being unicolor, 

 in lower parts not being distinctly paler, and in somewhat smaller 

 size. 



Length about 150 mm. (6.15 inches) ; tail vertebrse 70 

 ( 2.j^) ; hind foot 20 ( .80). 



Type locality, near Fort Klamath. Oregon. 



Bendire Shrews occur in the Cascade Mountains from Fort 

 Klamath to British Columbia, and along the Pacific coast from 

 Mendocino County northward. They may occur in the moun- 

 tains in the northeastern part of the State also. 



Genus Notiosorex Baird. (Southwestern — shrew.) 

 28 teeth ; external ear conspicuous : tail about one-third the 

 total length. 



Dental formula. L 3 — 2; C. i — o; P. i — i : ^L 3 — 3. X2=28. 



Notiosorex crawfordi Baird. 



GRAY SHREW. 



Above drab gray ; below olive gray ; tail similar. 



Length about 90 mm. (3.50 inches) ; tail vertebrje 31 

 (1.22) ; hind foot 11 (.43) ; ear from crown 6.4 ( .25). 



Type locality, old Fort Bliss, near El Paso. Texas. 



Gray Shrews seem to be rare. They are found in north- 

 eastern Mexico, in southern Lower California, in Texas and in 

 southern California. I know of but about a dozen California ex- 

 amples ; all were taken in dr}- valleys except one. which I found 

 dead in my stable near Santa Ysabel, San Diego County, where 

 the ahitude is about 2750 feet. Two were caught near San Ber- 

 nardino in fruit cans set in the ground flush with the surface. 



A female caught in San Diego April 8. 1906, contained 

 three half grown foetuses. There were three pairs of mammae, all 

 located near the groins. 



