78 BANGS TWO INSULAR BLARINAS T ^fjf^ 



Blarina brevicauda compacta Bangs. 



(Note. — Due allowance must always be made for the flesh 

 measurements of ' total length ' or ' head and body,' as Blarinas 

 soften very soon after death, often before they can be skinned, and 

 are then apt to stretch, causing those measurements to be too 

 long.) 



skull measurements (in millimeters). 



3 o-K P^> p 



o_2 c 

 o 



0*0 



•5 6 





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 Type of B. brevicauda 



aloga, old $ (no.9727) 22.0 19.6 10. o 12.2 6.0 7.8 3.2 12.2 



Type of B. brevicauda 

 compacta, very old $ 



(no. 9705) 22.4 19.8 10. o 12.4 6.0 8.0 3.4 12.2 



Blarina brevicauda 

 talpoides, no. 4330, 

 Bedford, Mass., very 



old J. 23.6 21.0 10. 8 12.4 5.6 7.S 3.0 13.0 



