No. 2. 



REPORT UPON THE ZOOLOGY OF THE ROUTE. 



BY J. S. NEWBERRY, M. D.* 



CHAPTER I. 



REPORT UPON THE MAMMALS. 



SOREX VAGRANS, Cooper. 



BAIKD, General Report Mammals, 1857, 15. 



SP. CH Ears moderately large, though little more than half as long as the adjacent fur. Fur rather full and long, 



hairs on the back measuring 2J lines. Tail longer than the body alone, about five-sixths as long as head and body together, 

 scantily haired at tip. Third lateral tooth above smaller than fourth. Anterior upper incisor with a rounded internal 

 jobe in broad contact with its fellow. Color above, olive brown, varied with hoary ; beneath, dusky yellowish white ; 

 sides a little paler than the back. Head and body ten inches. Tail If. Hind foot about .47 of an inch. 



A single specimen, probably belonging to this species, was taken in the Cascade mountains. 



SOREX SUCKLE YI, Baird. 



BATED, General Report Mammals, 1857, 18. 



SP. Cu. Ears quite large, about as long as the adjacent fur. Longest hairs measuring barely two lines. Feet rather 

 small. Tail considerably longer than the body, exclusive of head ; well coated with hair. Caudal vertebras 16. Third 

 lateral tooth above smaller than the fourth. Width of skull rather more than half its length. Length of palate three- 

 eighths this length. Color above, light chestnut brown ; beneath, grayish white. Length 2^ inches. Tail 1J ? Hind 

 foot .46 of an inch. 



One specimen of this species was collected on the Upper Des Chutes river, in Oregon. 

 SCALOFS (SCAPANUS) TOWNSENDII. 



Oregon Mole. 



BAIRD, General Report Mammals, 1857, 68. 



SP. CH.- Teeth 44. Eye small, but not covered by the integument. Tail rather scantily haired. Nostrils opening on 

 the upper surface of the tip of the snout. Palm large and broad. Color nearly black, with faint purplish or sooty brown 

 reflections. (Sometimes, perhaps, glossed with silvery ?) Length six to seven inches. 



Specimens of this species were collected at San Francisco. 



The species enumerated in this report have been determined, and their diagnoses prepared, by Prof. S. F. Baird, Assistant 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



