MAMMALS SORICINAE SOREX VAQRANS. 



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From 8. parvus of Kichardson, (not Say,) by much the same characteristics. 



Since preparing the preceding description, a third and fourth specimens in alcohol have heen 

 received from Fort Steilacoom, agreeing very well with the above, except that the under parts 

 are a little lighter, with a faint rusty tinge. The line of demarcation is, however, not distinct, 

 the hoary sooty brown of the back passing insensibly into the belly. The ear is large, about as 

 long as the fur ; it is clothed with long hairs on its margin, otherwise nearly naked. The tail 

 is cylindrical, the annuli quite conspicuous. 



Measurements. (Specimens in alcohol.) 



List of Specimens. 



SOREX VAGRANS, Cooper, Mss. 



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

 on the back measuring two lines and a half. Feet rather small ; anterior contained rather more than one and a half times 

 in the posterior, which are a little over two-thirds the length of skull. Tail longer than the body, about five-sixths as long 

 as head and body, scantily haired at tip. Third lateral tooth above, smaller than fourth. Anterior upper incisor, with a 

 rounded internal lobe, 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, 2 inches. Tail, \\. Hind foot about 0.47 of an inch. 



Description from Nos. 630, 1675. Body rather stout and full. Fur long, measuring three 

 lines on the back. The ears are large and the aperture wide, the concha is not, however, as 

 long as the fur, and is usually concealed in the hair. The internal surface is well covered with 

 fur along the upper margin, as well as on the edges of the supplementary lobes. 



The feet are rather small, the palm as broad as the soles, both naked, with a slight ciliation 

 on the latter. The tail is about five-sixths as long as the head and body, slender, depressed, 



