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b.’ Rump paler mixed brown and dusky....... S. stizodon 551 
e. Beneath dark gray or blackishi.5 2.1 scm an een S. ortnus §53 
B. Size large; total length, 118 mm. or over. 
a. Hind foot 15 mm. or over. 
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a.’ Beneath pale dusky brown; above black. ..S. ver@pacis 551 
b.’ Beneath seal brown. 
a.’ Above sepia and ‘black. ov. iis eee S. macrodon 552 
b.’’ Above sepia brown tinged with chest- 
TUG vie site ese cok Oui gee nee ee ee S. godmant 552 
c./’ Above sepia brown and dusky........... S. sclaiert 552 
b. Hind foot less than 15 mm. 
a.’ Beneath drab gray; tail 47 mm...........S. saussurt 553 
b.’ Beneath seal brown; tail 57 mm........S. 5. mutabtlis 553 
512. orizabse (Sorex), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 71. 
MINUTE SHREW. 
Type locality. Mount Orizaba, State of Puebla, Mexico. Allti- 
tude, 9,500 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. Southern Mexico, States of Puebla, Tlaxcala, Vera 
Cruz, Mexico, and Michoacan. 
Genl. Char, Size very small; belly pale color. 
Color. Above sepia brown and dusky, darkest on hinder back; 
beneath ashy gray; tail brown above, whitish beneath. 
Measurements. Total length, 103; tail vertebre, 38; hind foot, 13. 
513. oreopolus (Sorex), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vit, 1892, p. 173. 
Lorry MOUNTAIN SHREW. 
Type locality. North slope of the Sierra Nevada de Colima, State 
of Jalisco, Mexico. Altitude, to,o00 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Jalisco, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Similar to S. obscurus, but tail shorter; colors darker. 
Color. Above mixed sepia brown and dusky; beneath drab; tail 
above dusky, beneath whitish. 
Measurements, Total length (average), 104.7; tail vertebra, 36.3; 
hind foot, 13.7. (Merr., 1. c.) 
obseurus ventralis (Sorex), Merr., N. Am, Faun., No. ro, 1895, p. 75. 
CHESTNUT-BELLIED SHREW. 
Type locality. Cerro San Felipe, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Alti- 
tude, 10,000 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Size small; tail short; similar to S. obscurus, but 
darker; molariform teeth larger. 
