PRELIMINARY LISTjOF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 357 



Type locality. Southern Greenland. 



Faunal position. Arctic zone. 



Habitat. Ice floes and sea coasts. 



Distribution in New York. The hooded seal has been taken in New- 

 York on one occasion only. It is a mere straggler to the coast of the 

 United States, though it has been known to wander as far south as 

 Chesapeake bay (Allen, 7 8o, p. 737). 



Principal records. De Kay : " This description was taken from an 

 adult male captured near Eastchester about 15 miles from the city" ('42, 



P- 56). 



Remarks. For an account of the 'hood 7 of this animal see Merriam, 



7 84b. 



Sorex albibarbis (Cope) Water shrew 



1862 Neosorex albibarbis Cope, Acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia. Proc. 



p. 188. 

 1892 Sorex albibarbis Merriam, Biolog. soc. Washington. Proc. 7 : 25. 



1894 Sorex albibarbis Miller, Boston sci. nat. hist. Proc. 26 : 183. 



1895 Sorex albibarbis Miller, North American fauna, no. 10. p. 46. 



Type locality. Profile lake, New Hampshire. 



Faunal position. Boreal zone. 



Habitat. Marshes, wet woods and the margins of streams and ponds. 



Distribution in New York. The water shrew has been only once 

 recorded from New York (Miller, ' 94, p. 47). Although it has not yet 

 been found outside of Essex co. the animal doubtless ranges throughout 

 the Adirondacks. It will probably be found in the Catskills as well 

 as in other localities where the fauna is largely composed of boreal forms. 

 Rhoads has taken the water shrew in Pike co. Pa. ('95a, p. 395). 



Sorex fumeus Miller Smoky shrew 



1884 Sorex platyrhinus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 2 177 



(not Otisorex platyrhinus De Kay). 

 1895 Sorex fumeus Miller, North American fauna, no. 10. 31 Dec. 



1895. p. 50. 

 1898 Sorex fumeus Mearns, U. S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21 : 354. 

 Type locality. Peterboro, Madison co. New York. 



Faunal position. Boreal zone and cooler parts of transition zone. 



Habitat. Heavy woods and forests. 



Distribution in New York. The range of the smoky shrew in New 

 York coincides very closely with that of the common red-backed mouse 

 and the Canadian white-footed mouse. The animal is abundant 



