352 ADDENDA. 



2. SOREX, Linnaeus. SHREWS. 

 * Teeth colored, 32 ff . (Sorex.) 



1. S. forsteri, Rich. Ears small; tail f length of 

 head and body; snout slender; L. 4; T. If. N. U. S. 



2. S. richardsoni, Bach. Ears rather small; tail scant- 

 haired; L. 4; T. If Wis. and N. 



3. S. platyrhinus, (DeK.) Wagn. COMMON SHREW. 

 Ears very large for a Shrew; tail scant-haired; color 

 chestnutty; L. 3f; T. If N. U. S. 



4. S. cooper! , Bach. Ears large; chestnut brown; L. 

 8f ; T. If N. U. S. 



5. S. personafus, Geoff. St. Hilaire. Ears large; 

 chestnut brown; L. 2f ; T. 1; smallest of our Shrews. 

 Penn. and S. 



** Teeth 30 |f. (Microsorex, Baird.) 



6. S. hoy I, Baird. HOY'S SHREW. Very small and 

 slender; ears large; -olive brown; L. 3; T. If North- 

 ern States. (S. thompsoni, Bd.) 



3. BLARINA, Gray. SHORT-TAILED SHREWS. 

 * Teeth 32 f|. (Blarina.) 



1. B. bre vicauda, (Say) Baird. SHORT-TAILED SHREW. 

 Size large for a Shrew; fur short and coarse; color dark 

 ashy gray; L. 4-; T. 1. E. U. S., common. \B. tal- 

 poides (Gapper) Baird.] 



2. B. caro/inens/Sf (Bach.) Bd. Smaller; leaden gray; 

 L. 3i; T. f. U. S., chiefly southward. 



3. B. angusticeps, Baird. Intermediate; skull usual- 

 ly narrow; uniform plumbeous. L. 3; T. 1. New 

 England. 



** Teeth 30 ^f . (Soriciscus, Coues.) 



