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As this species has been taken at Irvington, Ind. 

 (Dr. Jordon), and at Carlisle, Penn., and in Central 

 Indiana, it is mentioned in Vol. IV, Zool. and Bot. of 

 the Geological Survey of Ohio, with these words: "This 

 species most probably is found in southern and even 

 central Ohio." Dr. Langdonin the same volume records 

 a specimen taken at Madison ville, Hamilton Co., Ohio. 



A fellow member of the Academy, George J. 

 Streator, of Garretts ville. Portage Co., recently informed 

 me that he took a specimen of B. parva in 1895 at that 

 place, which is now in the national Museum ; and that 

 he found one "in the fork of a small maple-tree evident- 

 ly left by a shrike, in Jan. 1894." This specimen was 

 accidently lost. 



The point of interest in the Least Shrews taken at 

 Ellsworth and Garrettsville is, that their range is car- 

 ried far beyond, not only the southern but the central 

 part of Ohio, and leads us to suspect them still farther 

 north, and to believe they will eventually be found far- 

 ther north in both Indiana and Pennsylvania than 

 they have as 5'et been found. 



Blarina parva (Say) after remaining unknown 

 for a long time following its description b3' Say, was 

 rediscovered at Brookville, Indiana, in 1878, b^- Mr. E. 

 R. Quick. That gentleman and Mr. A. W. Butler have 

 taken a number of specimens in Franklin County, 

 Indiana, where it seems to be rather common. Frank- 

 lin County extends to the Ohio line. It has been identi- 

 fied from the following localities in Indiana, Brookville, 

 Irvington, Vigo County (Terre Haute), and Putman 

 County. [U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, N. A. Fauna, No. 

 10, p. 18]. 



