462 BLARINA. 



(I. lllariiKi hri'ri (■(( n (hi iili)g(( Bangs. 



Blarina brevicauda aloga Bangs, Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, in, 

 1902, p. 76. 

 Irrational Shrew. 



Type locality. West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. 



Geogr. Disir. Known only from the type locality. 



Genl. Char. Rostrum very short, massive, and w4de; nasal apera- 

 ture wide. 



Color. Above dark brownish drab; beneath silvery gray; hands 

 and feet white; tail above dusky, beneath gray. 



Measurements. Total length, adult males, 11 5-1 28; tail vertebrae, 

 24-29; hind foot, 14-15. Skull: greatest length, 22 ; basal length, 19.6; 

 interorbital breadth, 6; length of tooth row, 10; length of single half 

 of mandible, 12.2. 



r. BluriiKi hrt'ricdndci com ftdcia Bangs. 



Blarina brevicauda compacta Bangs, Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, iii, 

 1902, p. 77. 

 Thick-set Shrew. 



Type locality. Nantucket, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. 



Geogr. Distr. Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. 



Genl. Char. Like B. b. aloga in size; color different. 



Color. Above and beneath slate gray shaded with drab ; hands 

 and feet grayish; tail dusky, unicolor. 



Measurements. Total length, adult males, 1 1 9-1 25 ; tail vertebrae, 

 23-25; hind foot, 14. 5-15. Skull: greatest length, 22.4; basal length, 

 19.8; interorbital breadth, 6; length of tooth row, 10; length of single 

 half of mandible, 12.2. 



/'. Bh(Thi(( hTrviecntda heTlandi cti (Baird). 



Blarina berlandieri Baird, N. Am. Mamm., 1857, p. 20. 



Blarina brevicauda berlandieri Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 558. Zool. Ser. 

 Berlandier's Shrew. 



Type locality. Matamoros; State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Range unknown. State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, 

 possiblv north into Texas. 



1116. Blarina telmalestes Merriam. 



Blarina telmalestes Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895. P- ^S- 

 pi. II, fig. 5. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 384. Zool. Ser. 



