262 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



S. richardsoni Bachman. Color blackish, indistinctly tricolor; 

 length 112 mm. ; tail 40 mm. ; hind foot 13 mm. : northern Wisconsin and 

 Minnesota to the lower Mackensie Valley. 



S. Jumeus Miller. Smoky shrew. Body slate-color; length 115 

 mm.; tail 45 mm.; hind foot 14 mm.: northeastern States and Canada; 

 westward to the Great Lakes; southward into the mountains of North 

 Carolina. 



S. vagrans Baird. Body dark chestnut brown in color; length 103 

 mm.; tail 43 mm.; hind foot 12 mm.: Rocky Mountain region from 

 British Columbia into Arizona, and the Pacific slope southward to 

 Monterey; very common. 



Subspecies of S. vagrans 



S. V. vagrans Baird. Western Washington, Oregon and northern 

 California; northern Rockies. 



S. V. dohsoni Merriam. Color grayish brown: Idaho, western 

 Montana, Wyoming and Utah. 



S. V. monticola Merr. Color sepia brown: Arizona. 



6". amcenus Merr. Color sooty brown; length 103 mm.; tail 37 mm.; 

 hind foot 12 mm.: Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. 



S. nevadensis Merr. Color slate black, mixed with hoary; length 

 96 mm.; tail 39 mm.; hind foot 12 mm.: interior of the Great Basin. 



S. ohscurus Merr. Body dull sepia brown in color; length 108 mm.; 

 tail 46 mm. ; hind foot 1 2 mm. : mountain regions from British Columbia 

 to Colorado, Utah and central California; common. 



5. longicaudus Merr. Size large; tail long; color dark chestnut- 

 brown above; length 131 mm.; tail 62 mm.; hind foot 15 mm.: Puget 

 Sound to Alaska. 



S. hairdi Merr. Color dull chestnut; length 129 mm.; tail 57 mm.; 

 hind foot 15 mm.: Oregon coast, mouth of the Columbia. 



S. trowhridgei Baird. Color blackish, slate or plumbeous; tail 

 sharply bicolor; length 121 mm.; tail 51 mm.; hind foot 13 mm.: 

 western Washington and Oregon. 



S. montereyensis Merr. Color slate black; tail sharply bicolor; 

 length 1 20 mm.; tail 52 mm.; hind foot 14 mm.: south-central California. 



S. ornatus Merr. Color ash gray, indistinctly bicolor; length 108 

 mm.; tail 43 mm.; hind foot 13 mm.: mountains of southern 

 California. 



S. calijornicus Merr. Color ash gray, with a pepper and salt 

 appearance; length 93 mm.; tail 34 mm.; hind foot 11 mm.; brain case 

 very fiat: central California. 



