EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
PLATE XXVIII. 
Figures of Soricidae and of Urotrichus, with views of skulls magnified three diameters. 
Sorex platyrhinus.—No. 1699.—Middleboro’, Mass.........sssccscscsscsesscsccecsscsveececcecs 
Sorex hoyi, Baird.—No. 1688.—Racine, Wisconsin.............scceecsecseeseeeceececcscerseeces 
Blarina berlandierti, Baird.—No. 2159.—Matamoras, Mexico 
Blarina exilipes, Baird.—No. 2157.—Washington, Miss......... ..ccccececesseecesscsceseceees 
Urotrichus gibbsii, Baird.—No. 662.— Washington Territory 
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PLATE XXIX. (California and Oregon.) 
Fig.—Wephitis bicolor, Gray.—Spotted skunk.—Santa Clara, California 
PLATH XXX. 
Figures of skulls and teeth. 
Fig. 1—Scalops townsendii, Bach.—No. 1275.—Steilacoom, Washington Territory.— 
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a—head from below; b—head from above; c—head from the side; d—~ 
lower jaw ; e—lower jaw from above. 
Fig. 2—Scalops breweri, Bach.—No. 1779.—Cleveland, Ohio............sccccesecseeceeeenene 
Old, and teeth, much worn ; natural size ; references as in fig. 1; f—teeth 
of left side of upper jaw magnified ; g—teeth of left side of lower jaw 
magnified. 
Fig. 3—Scalops townsendii, var. californicus.—California mole.—Petaluma, California. 
a—head from the side; 6—lower jaw from the side, twice magnified ; 
c—head from above ; natural size. 
Fig. 4—Sorex forsteri, Rich.—No. 1773.—Carlisle, Penn...............cssccesccenscrseeceeees 
a—side view of the head; 6—side view of the lower jaw, magnified three 
diameters ; c—head from below; natural size. Note.—All the remain- 
ing figures on the plate have the same references. 
Fig. 5—Blarina brevicauda.—No. 3107.—Fort Berthold, Nebraska 
Fig. 6—Blarina talpoides.—No. 1776.—Racine, Wisconsin........scscsececscsesseeeeceecssees 
Fig. 7—Blarina angusticeps, Baird.—No. 2120.—Burlington, Vermont 
Fig. 8—Blarina carolinensis.—No. 1779.—St. Louis, Mo 
Fig. 9—Blarina cinerea.—No. 1771.—S. Carolina............ccsssecsecsccsccscceccscscesaceces 
Fig. 10—Blarina cinerea (parva.)—No. 3103.—Carlisle, Penn 
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PLATE XXXI. 
Fig. —Canis occidentalis.—Gray wolf.—No. 1804.—Adirondac mountains, New York. 
Skull two-thirds natural size; 1—skull from below; 2—skull from above ; 
3—skull from the side ; 4—lower jaw from the side ; 5—lower jaw from 
above. 
PLATE XXXII. 
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—Vulpes fulvus.—Red fox, adult male.—No. 683.—Carlisle, Penn 
Skull natural size ; figs. 1-5, as in plate XX XI. 
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