78 BANGS — TWO INSULAR BLARINAS eee 
Vol. III 
Blarina brevicauda compacta Bangs. 
Sex Total Tail Hind 
No. and age Locality length vertebrae foot 
9705 @ oldad. Nantucket, Mass. 125. Bis 15.0 
9703. & old ad. sg W226 25.0 14.5 
g7or_ 6 ad. ee ee 119. 23.0 14.5 
9704 @ ad. es ee 118. 22, 15.0 
9706 @ ad. i a 114. 22.0 14.0 
9702 =F ad. us BG 114. 22.0 14.5 
9708 @ ad. es & IIo. 23.0 13-5 
(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). 
= 26 3. a zr) 
io} Me) eles. S rel 
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oun iS! [e) na) Sq SI 
Sie fale foie) a age 
7g Se c= Bi = 2 
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BO ‘Oma a oe G 2 SO 
tos Savant S Es BOR Mehfey, sa 
a-n < om) aS) =f or Sc ae 
ope = ao 4s 3S Beg = S 
3° on O45 S pS) = IE a Se 
22 5 Ride as esl ie at aa 
Gee Ve 1g 05. ee ge 4 
co c wee rj = we G on 
o 7) aaer o 2 oo + a 
: @ 96 Reh tie 2 3 
ie) mQ ee ie) — Os o 4 
Type of B. brevicauda 
aloga, old gy (no19727)) 22.0 10.09) 10.0) 232) 6:08 726 3.2) 22 
Type of B. brevicauda 
compacta, very old @ 
(no. 9705) 226A UO. OmeLO-O} 2 ASOLO 8.0 3:4. T2e2 
Blarina brevicauda 
talpoides, NO. 4330, 
Bedford, Mass., very 
old g. 23.0) e 2] O ml OLO  ml2eAumIc LO 7.8 Bay 1134566) 
