118 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 

 Order IXSECTIYORA. 



Family SORICIDAE. 



Genus SOREX Linnaeus. 



"257. Sorex longicauda elassodon Osgood. 



1901. Sorex longicauda elassodon Osgood, North Amer. 



fauna, no. 21, p. 85. September 26, 1901. 

 Type locality. — Cumshewa Inlet, Moresby Island, Queen 

 Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. 



*258. Sorex longicauda prevostensis Osgood. 



1901. Sorex longicauda prevostensis Osgood, North Amer. 

 fauna, no. 21, p. 35. September 26, 1901. 



Type locality. — Prevost Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, 

 British Columbia, Canada. 



259. Sorex tenellus lyelli Merriam. 



1902. Sorex tenellus lyelli Merriam, Proc. biol. soc. Wash- 

 ington, xv, p. 75. March 22, 1902. 



Type locality. — ■ Mt. Lyell, Tuolumne County, California. 



260. Sorex tenellus my ops Merriam. 



1902. Sorex tenellus myops Merriam, Proc. biol. soc. Wash- 

 ington, xv, p. 76. March 22, 1902. 

 Type locality. — White Mountains, Mono County, California. 



Subgenus Microsorex Coues, p. 242, is regarded as a genus by 

 Elliot (Field Columbian mus., publication 45, zool. ser., n, p. 377, 

 March, 1901), but retained as a subgenus by Osgood (North 

 Amer. fauna, no. 21, p. 71, September 26, 1901) and Preble (North 

 Amer. fauna, no. 22, p. 72, October 31, 1902). 



261. Sorex alnorum Preble. 



1902. Sorex (Microsorex) alnorum Preule, North Amer. 



fauna, no. 22, p. 72. October 31, 1902. 

 Type locality. — Robinson Portage, Keewatin, Canada. 



