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behind like a jack rabbit, they give it a jerk every time they jump, 

 precisely as I have seen deer do. This fact I was able to verify 

 on several occasions. Usually they run straight away when 

 jumped up, but the 9 taken was an exception to this, for after 

 she had gone not over 25 yards she stopped, and, raising on her 

 hind quarters, looked back at me, when I very luckily secured 

 her with a shot from my Colt's revolver. Hunters who claimed 

 to have killed many of these hares at Dougherty, assured me that 

 the 9 I secured was in the winter coat, while the ^ , which is 

 very grayish in color, was very odd to them, and must be the 

 summer pelage. I was told these hares are never found away 

 from the dense thickets along the river- bottom, and at all times 

 are difficult to shoot." 



2. Blarina brevicauda hulophaga.* 



Type locality. Dougherty, Indian Territory. 



General characters. Similar to B. b. carolinensis, but lighter 

 in color, and differing in the character of the teeth, and with an 

 extremely short tail. 



Color. Adult Male. Uniform silvery gray in most lights, 

 changing to light brown in others ; under parts, paler hues of 

 same colors, and when viewed against the hair, becoming buft. 

 Feet flesh color. Tail brown above, brownish white below. 



Measurefttents. Total length, 100 mm.; tail, 18; hind leg, 12, 

 (Collector). 



Adult Female. Precisely like the male in color, but smaller. 



Measurejueuts. Total length, 93 mm.; tail, 17; hind foot, 12.5. 

 (Collector). 



Skull. The skull of the male having been unfortunately badly 

 broken by the trap, I am obliged to take that of the female for 

 description, as it is in perfect condition. Occipital plane flat as 

 in brevicauda, only slightly elevated above the frontals; mandible 

 equally massive for its relative size, and the angle well pro- 

 nounced. Pterygoid fossa as long as that of brevicauda not- 

 withstanding the shorter length of skull. Incisors broad at 

 base, and sloping forwards, 5th unicuspid not visible from the 

 outside, ist and and unicuspids more than twice the size of the 

 following three, and projecting forward. Middle cusp of m^ 

 large, and pyramidal in shape. Occipito-nasal length, 20 mm. ; 

 length of Hensel, 17; greatest mastoid breadth, g: palatal 

 length, 8 ; pterygoid, 3. 



