362 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Remarks. The small Blarina parva * Say undoubtedly occurs in the 
lower Hudson valley though it has not to my knowledge been taken 
within the limits of the state. | 
De Kay included the animal on the ground of its occurrence in Con- 
necticut ('42, p. 20). Mr Frank M. Chapman writes me that there is in 
the American museum of natural history a specimen of this shrew taken 
on the Hackensack marshes in New Jersey only a few miles from the 
New York state line. ‘The species is to be looked for also in the upper 
austral area at the extreme western part of the state. 
Scalops aquaticus (Linnaeus) Waked-tailed mole 
1758 Sorex aquaticus Linnaeus, Syst. nat. Cd TON cs 3 
71825 Scadops afquaticus F. Cuvier, Dents des Mamm. p. 251. 
1842 Scalops aguaticus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia 
p. 15 (part). 
1884 Scalops aguaticus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 2:55. 
1896 Scalops aguaticus Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7: 194. 
1898 Scalops aguaticus Mearns, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bul. 9g Sep. 1898. 
1) 3 Bie. 
Type locality, Eastern United States. 
Faunal position. ‘Transition zone and austral zones. 
Habitat. Dry, sandy soil. 
Distribution in New York. The naked-tailed mole may be looked for 
in New York in suitable localities anywhere outside of the limits of the 
boreal zone. The details of its distribution in the state are unknown. 
Principal records. We Kay: “The shrew-mole has a wide geographic 
range, being {found from Carolina to the 50th degree of north lati- 
tude, and from the Atlantic to the shores of the Pacific” (’42, p. 17). 
Merriam: “This species is not common about the borders of the Adiron- 
dacks and is seldom if ever found within the evergreen forests, though it 
sometimes finds its way to the frontier settler’s garden” (84d, p. 55). 
Fisher: “Common. in the meadows and lawns [about Sing Sing]” 
(96, p. 194). 
Mr Helme writes that the naked-tailed mole is common on Long 
Island. 
a 1823 Sorex parvus Say, Long’s exped. to the Rocky mts. 1 :164. 
1842 Sorex parvus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Manimalia. p. 19. 
1895 Blarina parva Merriam, North American fauna, no.10. 31 Dec. 1895. p. 17. 
Type locality. Near Blair, Nebraska. ‘fe 
Faunal position. Upper and lower austral zones. 
Distribution. Upper and lower austral zones from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic 
coast. F 
