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to the mainland, though occurring on Bardsey Island, Carnar- 

 vonshire. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Sorex araneus araneus, but colour in 

 series of skins averaging less dark, that of dorsal area ranging 

 from hair-brown slightly tinged with bister to seal-brown, and 

 seldom if ever attaining the deep blackish brown frequenth* 

 seen in the typical race. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull and teeth resemble those of true 

 Sorex araneus. 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of ten specimens from 

 Cromarty, Scotland: head and body, 70-6 (62-78); tail, 39 -8 

 (38-43); hind foot, 12-9 (12-5-13). Average and extremes 

 of eight specimens from Aberia, Merioneth : head and body, 

 67-5 (58-73); tail, 38-7 (36-41); hind foot, 12 (11-13). 

 Average and extremes of eight specimens from Grimsby, Lincoln- 

 shire : head and body, 65 -2 (58-72); tail, 42 (38-44); hind 

 foot, 12 § 5 (12-13). Average and extremes of six specimens 

 from Northlew, Devonshire : head and body, 66 ■ 6 (65-70) ; tail, 

 36 # 8 (35-39); hind foot, 13 (13). For cranial measurements 

 see Table, p. 48. 



Specimens examined. — Two hundred and fifty-two, from the following 

 localities : — 



Scotland : Black Isle, Cromarty, 16 ; South Sutor, Cromarty, 5 ; 

 Nairn, Morayshire, 4 ; Dunphail, Elgin, 2 ; Gordonstown, Elgin, 3 ; Lhan- 

 bride, Elgin, 1; Lossiemouth, Elgin, 3; Grantown-on-Spey, Elgin, 26 

 (Wilson) ; Kennordy, 1 (Wilson) ; Cortachy, Forfar, 6 (Wilson) ; Cromlix, 

 Stirling, 10 ; Islay, 3 ; Dunkeld, Perthshire, 2 ; Loch Earn Head, Perth- 

 shire, 1 ; Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire, 2 ; Kirtle Bridge, Dumfriesshire, 4 ; 

 Wyseby, Dumfriesshire, 3. 



Wales : Aberia, Merionethshire, 8 ; near Bridgend, Glamorganshire, 6 

 Bardsey Island, Carnarvonshire, 1. 



England : Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, 2 ; Biding Mill-on- 

 Tyne, Northumberland, 3; Newby Bridge, Lake Windermere, Cumber- 

 land, 1 ; Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 17 ; Whitnash, Warwickshire, 1 ; Bugby, 

 Warwickshire, 2 ; Piley, Yorkshire, 3 ; Wellersey Hill, Broadway, Wor- 

 cestershire, .1 ; West Cheshire, 1 ; Shropshire, 1 ; Staffordshire, 1 ; Swith- 

 land, Leicestershire, 10 ; Bishopstoke, Herefordshire, 1 ; Leominster, Here- 

 fordshire, 1 ;• Graffconbury, Herefordshire, 19 ; Lilford, Northamptonshire, 

 2 ; Drinkstone Park, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 2 ; Lowestoft, Suffolk, 6 ; 

 Wormsley, Oxfordshire, 1 ; Stokenchurch, Oxfordshire, A ; Cambridge- 

 shire, 1 ; Kensington Gardens, London, 1 ; Hillingdon, Middlesex, 3 ; 

 Bletchingley, Surrey, 4 ; Godalming, Surrey, 2 ; Merstham, Surrey, 1 ; 

 Bichmond Park, Surrey, 1 ; Crowborough, Sussex, 3 ; St. Leonard's, 

 Sussex, 1 ; Tunbridge Wells, Sussex, 1 ; Bastwell, Kent, 3 ; Lyndhurst 

 Boad, Hampshire, 2; New Forest, Hampshire, 17; Basingstoke, Hamp- 

 shire, 1 ; Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, 3 ; Clifton Bridge, Gloucestershire, 2 ; 

 Leigh Woods, Clifton, Gloucestershire, 3 ; Blandford, Dorsetshire, 1 ; 

 Combmartin, Devonshire, 4 ; Chagford, Devonshire, 5 ; Northlew, Devon- 

 shire, 6 ; no exact locality, 8. 



Remarks. — While the British common shrew is an incom- 

 pletely differentiated form, the average characters of the large 

 series of specimens examined seem important enough to warrant 

 the use of Jenyn's name. As compared with the Continental 



