352 ADDENDA. 



2. SOREX, Linn?eus. Shreavs. 



* Teeth colored, 32— ff. {Sorex.) 



1. S. forsteri, Rich. Ears small; tail f length of 

 head and body; snout slender; L. 4^; T. If. N. U. S. 



2. S. r/chardsoni, Bsich. Ears rather small; tail scant- 

 haired; L. 4; T. li. Wis. and N. 



3. S. plaiyrhinus, (DeK.) Wagn. Common Shrew. 

 Ears very large for a Shrew; tail scant-haired; color 

 chestnutty; L. 3f ; T. 1-^. N. U. S. 



4. S. coopari, Bach. Ears large; chestnut brown; L. 

 3f ; T. li. N. U. S. 



5. S. personatus, Geoff. St. Hilaire. Ears large; 

 chestnut brown; L. 2f; T. 1; smallest of our Shrews. 

 Penn. and S. 



** Teeth 30— 1|. [Microsorex, Baird.) 



6. S. hoyi, Baird. Hoy's Shrew. Very small and 

 slender; ears large; olive brown; L. 3; T. 1:^. North- 

 ern States. [S. thompsoni^ Bd.) 



3. BLARINA, Gray. Short-Tailed Shrews. 



* Teeth 32— f|-. {Blarina.) 



1. 5. ^rei^/cflfi/f/a, (Say) Baird. Short-Tailed Shrew. 

 Size large for a Shrew; far short and coarse; color dark 

 ashy gray; L. 4:^', T. 1. E. U. S., common. [B. tal- 

 poides (Gapper) Baird.] 



2. B. caro/inens/s, (Bach.) 3d. Smaller; leaden gray; 

 L. 3:^; T. f . U. S., chiefly southward. 



3. B. angusticeps, Baird. Intermediate; skull usual- 

 ly narrow; uniform plumbeous. L. 3|^; T. 1. New 

 England. 



** Teeth 30 — ^-|. (Soriciscus, Coucs.) 



