, 'OS .I.Dixon 110 40 13 



, '08 J. Dixon 108 41 13 



1913] Grinnell: Calif orniah Species of Sorex 185 



List and Measurements in Millimeters of Sorex halicoetes 



Tail 

 Mus. Total verte- Hind 



No. Sex Locality Date Collector length brae foot 



3.627 (J Belmont, San Mateo 



Co., Calif. Mar. 21 



3,632 £ Redwood City, San 



Mateo Co., Calif. Feb. 1 



10,S44 J Redwood City, San 



Mateo Co., Calif. Dec. 10, '08 J.Dixon 103 40 13 



10,845 J Redwood City, San 



Mateo Co., Calif. Dec. 19, '08 J.Dixon 105 39 13 



3.634 f/ Palo Alto, Santa Clara 



Co., Calif. Feb. 15, 'OS J. Dixon 100 38 13 



3.635 $ Palo Alto, Santa Clara 



Co., Calif. May 6, 'OS J.Dixon 105 39 12 



3.636 $ Palo Alto, Santa Clara 



Co., Calif. May 6, 'OS J.Dixon 104 38 12 



3.637 $ Palo Alto, Santa Clara 



Co., Calif. May 6, 'OS J. Dixon 10S 40 12 



3.638 <J Palo Alto, Santa Clara 



Co., Calif. May 6, '08 J.Dixon 108 40 12 



3.639 £ Palo Alto, Santa Clara 



Co., Calif. May 6, '08 J.Dixon 106 40 13 



16,611 .. Haywards, Alameda Co., 



Calif. W. O. Emerson 



3.628 $ Elmhurst, Alameda Co., 



Calif. Apr. 1, '08 J.Dixon 109 41 13 



3.629 $ Elmhurst, Alameda Co., 



Calif. Apr. 1, 'OS J.Dixon 100 40 12 



3.630 5 Elmhurst, Alameda Co., 



Calif. Apr. 1, '08 J.Dixon 109 41 13 



3.631 £ Elmhurst, Alameda Co., 



Calif. Apr. 1, 'OS J. Dixon 10S 39 12 



12,728 J Melrose, Alameda Co., 



Calif. Dec. 16, '10 A.M.Alexander 100 37 12 



Average of 15 specimens 105.5 39.5 12.5 



Sorex californicus C. H. Merriam 

 California Shrew 



Original description. — Sorex californicus Merriam (1895), pp. 80, 81; pi. 

 12, figs. 6, 7. 



Type locality. — Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California. 



Coloration. — Above drab, approaching sepia mid-dorsally and paling later- 

 ally; a mixture of whitish-tipped hairs gives a decided pepper-and-salt 

 effect; lower surface silvery whitish, with a faint drab tinge; tail and 

 feet dull drab, slightly paler beneath; fur at base plumbeous. 



