416 Mr. G. S. Miller on 



by R. H. Bunting, Esq. Original number 3. Presented by 

 Oldfield Thomas. 



Characters. — Like Sorev araneus araneus, but skull with 

 rostral portion shortened, broadened, and deepened, and 

 anterior teeth {i^, P, P, and /j) more robust than in the main- 

 land animal. Colour essentially as in true araneus, except 

 that the underparts in several of the Jersey specimens are a 

 pale, almost whitish bufFy grey, decidedly lighter than in 

 any skins of the other races yet examined. 



Measurements. — Type. Head and body 63 mm. ; tail 48'2 ; 

 hind loot 13; condylo-basal length of skull 18*8; man- 

 dible 100 ; upper tooth-row 8"4. 



Specimens examined. — Five, all from the island of Jersey. 



Sorex araneus hergens'is^ subsp. n. 



Tupe.—Mn\t female (skin and skull). No. 84664 U.S. 

 National Museum. Collected at Gravin, Hardanger, Norway, 

 June 10, 1898, by Thora Stejneger. Original number 13. 



Diagnosis. — Larger than S>rex araneus araneus (hind foot 

 13"6 to 14'4 mm. ; condylo-basal length of skull 19 to 20 mm.) 

 and colour in summer pelage darker, the dark brown or 

 blackish dorsal area sharply defined from yellowish brown of 

 sides. 



Measurements. — Type. Head and body 80*5 mm. ; tail 44*5 ; 

 hind foot 13'6; condylo-basal length of skull 1'.»'4 ; man- 

 dible 10"2 ; upper tooth-row 8*6. Average and extremes of 

 eleven specimens from the Bergen district, Norway : 'head 

 and body 78-7 (76-83) ; tail 49-3 (44-56) ; hind foot 13-8 

 (13-6-14-4). 



Specimens examined. — Twenty -six, from the following 

 localities in South-western Norway: — Skjasrdal, Nordtjord, 7 ; 

 Opheim, Bergen, 4; Gravin, Bergen, 8 (U.S. N. M.) -, near 

 city of Bergen, 7 (B. xM. and U.S. N. M.). 



Remarks. — This large race of Sorex araneus differs notice- 

 ably from the small true araneus of Sweden and Eastern 

 NoTWay, and more nearly resembles the Pyrenean and 

 Alpine races. Fiom these large forms, however, it is 

 distinguishable by its darker colour. Its range appears to be 

 confined to the Atlantic slope of Western Norway. On the 

 eastern watershed it is replaced by true araneus^ even as far 

 north and west as t'ue upper portion of the Gudbrandsdol. 



Sorex araneus pyrenaicus, subsp. n. 

 y^^^..— Adult female skin and skull). B.M. no. 8. 8. 4.301. 



