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The specimen measured, in the table, was presented to the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology by F. W. Putnam. 



S. Fosleri differs from it in nearly the same characters as does S. 

 platyrhinus, these two species being very closely allied. 



List op the Species of the Family SoricidjE, known to 

 INHABIT New England. 



The seven species belonging to this family, that are considered as 

 belonging to the fauna of New England, may be arranged as follows : 



Neosorex, Baird. 



Neosorex palustris, Verrill. (^Sorex palustris, Rich.) Range from 

 Hudson's Bay to Franconia, N. H., and Warwick, Mass. 



SoREX, Linn. 

 Section A, with Jive upper premolars. Teeth, ^ — -III- — -I:-! = 32. 



Sorex platyrhinus, Linsley. {Otisorex platyrhinus, Dekay.) (Sorex 

 Fosteri, Thompson, Nat. Hist. Yt.) 

 Known range, from Norway, Me., and Burlington, Vt., to 

 Cleveland, Ohio. In Massachusetts much more common than 

 any other species of this genus. 



Sorex Fosteri, Rich. 



Range from Hudson's Bay (Rich.) to New York (Bachman), 

 and Carlisle, Penn. (Baird). This species has been men- 

 tioned, by authors, from New England, but I have never met 

 with a specimen myself. It is possible that the species, as 

 described by Richardson, is not identical with that of Bach- 

 man from New York, or of Baird from Pennsylvania. 



Sorex Cooperi, Bachman. 



Range from Labrador to Nebraska, south to West Northfield, 

 111., and Western New York. The only specimen that I have 

 seen from New England is from Danvers, Mass., in the col- 

 lection of the Essex Institute. 



Section B, with four upper premolars. Teeth, ^ — 1:|- — ^:|.= 30. 



Sorex Thompsoni, Baird. (S. Thompsoni and (?) S. Hoyi, Baird.) 

 Range from Halifax, N. S., Norway, Me., Waterville, Me., 

 and Burlington, Vt., to Zanesville, Ohio, and (S. Hoyi) Ra- 

 cine, Wis. 



Blarina, Gray. 



Blarina talpoides, Gray. (Sorex talpoides, Gapper. Sorex Dekayi, 



Bach.) 

 Range from Nova Scotia, Upper Canada and Northern Maine 



