EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 743 



PLATE XXVIII. 



Page. 

 Figures of Soricidae and of Urotrichus, with views of skulls magnified three diameters. 



Sorex platyrhinus. No. 1699. Middleboro', Mass 25 



Sorex hoyi, Baird. No. 1688. Racine, Wisconsin 32 



Blarina berlandierii, Baird. No. 2159. Matamoras, Mexico 53 



Blarina exilipes, Baird. No. 2157. Washington, Miss 51 



Urotrichus gibbsii, Baird. No. 662. Washington Territory 76 



PLATE XXIX. (California and Oregon.) 



Fig. Mephitis bicolor, Gray. Spotted skunk. Santa Clara, California 197 



PLATE XXX. 



Figures of skulls and teeth. 



Fig. 1 Scalops townsendii, Bach. No. 1275. Steilacoom, Washington Territory. 



Natural size 23 



a head from below; b head from above; c head from the side; d 



lower jaw ; e lower jaw from above. 



Fig. 2 Scalops breweri, Bach. No. 1779. Cleveland, Ohio 68 



Old, and teeth, much worn ; natural size ; references as in fig. 1 ; / teeth 



of left side of upper jaw magnified ; g teeth of left side of lower jaw 



magnified. 



Fig. 3 Scalops toivnsendii, var. californicus. California mole. Petaluma, California. 65 

 a head from the side ; b lower jaw from the side, twice magnified ; 



c head from above ; natural size. 



Fig. 4 Sorex forsteri, Rich. No. 1773. Carlisle, Penn 22 



a side view of the head ; b side view of the lower jaw, magnified three 



diameters ; c head from below ; natural size. Note. All the remain 

 ing figures on the plate have the same references. 



Fig. 5 Blarina brevicauda. No. 3107. Fort Berthold, Nebraska 42 



Fig. 6 Blarina talpoides. No. 1776. Racine, Wisconsin 36 



Fig. 7 Blarina angusticeps, Baird. No. 2120. Burlington, Vermont 47 



Fig. 8 Blarina carolinensis. No. 1779. St. Louis, Mo 45 



Fig. 9 Blarina dnerea. No. 1771. S. Carolina 45 



Fig. 10 Blarina dnerea (parva.) No. 3103. Carlisle, Penn 50 



PLATE XXXI. 



Fig. Canis occidental^. Gray wolf. No. 1804. Adirondac mountains, New York. 104 

 Skull two-thirds natural size ; 1 skull from below ; 2 skull from above ; 

 3 skull from the side ; 4 lower jaw from the side ; 5 lower jaw from 

 above. 



PLATE XXXII. 



Fig. Vulpes fulvus. Red fox, adult male. -^-No. 683. Carlisle, Penn 124 



Skull natural size ; figs. 1-5, as in plate XXXI. 



