42 U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catalogue | Corresponding | No. of Locality. Whence obtained. 
number. No. of skull. |specimens. 
Cir in Gn ae ae | 
198 1770 a Montreal 232205. acts ohe. 8 Thomas Broome-..-==1----+-.-- 
Snes ae] oe eee ees iL Halitass (No Sscee sa ase ese eeae| dW SOR WRODS sean aan eee 
re en es ee oe ae 1 Hingham, Mass- w+ <<=-<=s=<2<= Dns Brew eh. are ee od 
GU26 fee eee ae 1 Muskeeget, .Mass.--....-..-...|_.--_- Cee ee 
902 1950 uf Holmes’ Hole, Mass_...-.------ Boston Society Natural History--| 
Shane SSS ee MESS See ee 13 Middleboro’,”Mass;=--o22.-<—-2=| US Ws, 2. JOOKS.2n ccc necsecncee 
AGo to eon eases ae G0) eee eee i (i ee Nata 8 ROO Se eer nsec eee ee 
7 (eal ee eee pee 1 Burlington; Vil -225—" 222.2222 Prof. Z. Thompson_=2--=--52-.. 
1317 2119 RB Re ee Golgi aulsissb shee ee de. ULust et 2 ese 
PeOI2ZO LC ibosn soot esa P sels Wethersfield, (\Connu 32. ---e2252 C. Wright. - -aeisechace -ao aes 
VUE Yo ean eee eterna 2 Nicholas INiWis = ot) ae eats Bis JHOWWOM Se ae oes te = is ee 
QIB4 38.4 So pete asses 5 Waterville?: Ni VY .-.. ses oscee EL aDawiR ee. oe 5. eae k 
AE Bese Ser noe 1 Sag vbarbory) Nw WS e-nae= HN By NAM - sesame aoe 
CA ESS eh eS eee ce 4 Salem) Ohio=o..--2---%=_2--555 HONG WwtOn 2. oso < Sn eee ee 
BRS! [2a loesoseeos ss 2 @leveland;Ohios_* 2-2 25202. = Or iKirtiand 3522.5. sess ogee e 
yas Pree se ape ae oe pore 1 Ann VArbor) Mich. 2 £5222 20. os. PLOl ACs HOR. sates Cae eee 
A ae a | Mes pe eee eee ce ee Grosse) Isle; Mich 2.92.4. 2b Ae} ot def pecker aaa ae 
2146-8,2162-3)...-.---2--=.- 5 Gookjcounty, IW 2.hs52sses55- BR, Kennicott.2.cect Se esea as 
LTA 4 el Rae ane, Sa oe 2 Racine; Wi8 sohinct sceusnemennm 181; Gish) eee eae eee ee 
ray. ad es ee ee Y arre Seae QS asain ee Seas tae ee (ORE ee ee ae ae 
74 a es eS ae ee 1 Lake Superjor._--=--.=.--= <= me MELOL, GAP ASST oben ea 
Fai Bag fh Nereis elas | 1 Carlisle«-bas == 6 one acceso eee [Sok Baird ooo le doe cen eae eee 
623 1774 Tit eee ate diss) seen Se eeesssee eosaee don.23 Sees 
1308 2010 1 Clarke county, Va_.------.---- Dr: Kenner y4/ 520" 2 St See eeeee 
PUSH) O |odot poe sgLe2 1 Spottsylvania, Va_.----2=------ Wr: Mossey.o2- sia! fueus <5 She 
ZARB! eens Se ee 1 Columibus+Gaies- o325-2se25= Dea Gesiern. a3 -sepeAsees 
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Nature of — 
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| specimen. 
BLARINA BREVICAUDA. 
Sorex brevicaudus, Say, Long’s Exped. I, 1823, 164. 
Sp. Ca.—Largest of all American shrews hitherto discovered. (?) 
its hairs, about as long as the head, cylindrical, slightly depressed, well covered with hair, and terminated by a pencil. 
Hartan, Faun. Amer. 1825, 29. 
(Skin 
Gopman, Am. Nat. Hist. I, 1831, 79. 
Waener, Suppl. Schreb. V, 1855, 549. 
Bacuman, J. A.N. Sc. Ph. VII, 1837, 381. 
Aup. & Bacu. N. A. Quad. III, 1854, 335. 
only.) 
(2d ed. From Say.) 
(From Say.) 
Head very broad and massive ; rather obtuse. 
der surface of heel more than usually hairy, with a narrow naked line on the inner edge. 
Color, dark brownish plumbeous, scarcely paler beneath. Feet and edge of the lips, whitish. 
Hind feet, 0.65 long. Fore feet, .50 inch. 
4 inches to root of tail. 
Skull 1 in 
ch in length. 
Tail, with 
Un- 
Length, unstretched, over 
In the preceding diagnosis, I have embodied nearly all I have to say concerning the form of 
the only alcoholic specimen before me, referable to the B. brevicauda. 
It is, unfortunately, too 
