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Back not conspicuously blackisli 



Hind foot about 14 (iV) ; general color smoky slate- 

 color throughout S. fumeus- 



Hind foot about 12 (J) ; back clear browu, belly 



whitish gray S. person atus 



Sorex albibarbis (Cope) Eastern marsh shrew 

 1862 Neosorex albibarbis Cope, Proc. aoad. uat. sci. Philadelphia, 



p. 188. (Proiilelake, N. H.) 

 1892 Sorex albibarbis Merriam, Proc. biolog. see. Washington. 7:25. 

 1895 Sorex albibarbis Miller, North American fauna. 31 Dec. 1895. no. 

 10, p. 46. 

 Upper parts blackish slate with- a slight hoary cast; chin and throat grayish 

 white; rest of lower parts dusky. Total length, 155 (61); tail vertebrae, 70 

 (2t); hind foot, 19 (|). (albi bArbis; Lat., white beard) 



The marsh shrew inhabits marshes and the banks of watercourses in the 

 boreal zone of eastern North America south in the mountains at least 

 to Pennsylvania and probably farther. 



Sorex hoyi Baird Hoy's shrew 

 1857 Sorex hoyi Baird, Mamm. N. Am. p. 32 (Racine Wis.) 



1895 Sorex hoyi Miller, North American fauna. 31 Dec. 1895. no. 10, p. 43. 

 Upper parts sepia-brown ; lower parts whitish gray iisually iraslied u-ith yel- 

 lowish on chest. Total length, 90 (3i's) ; tail vertebrae, 32 (IJ) ; bind foot, 

 10 (I), (hoyi; name from that of P. R. Hoy) 



Hoy's shrew, a little known animal, inhabits open fields, plains and 

 clearings in the boreal zone and upper part of the transition zone from 

 British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Wisconsin and northern New 

 York. 



Sorex macrurus Batchelder Big-tailed shrew 



1896 Sorex macrurus Batchelder, Proc. biolog. soc. Washington. 8 Dec. 



1896, 10:133. (Beedes, Essex co. N. Y.) 



Upper parts hiackish slaty, lower parts dark smoke gray. Total length, 125 (5) ; 

 tail vertebrae, 57 (2\ ) ; hind foot, 15 (A), (m a o r li r u s ; Gk., big tail) 



The big-tailed shrew is known from the eastern Adirondacks and the 

 Catskills only. Thus far only lo specimens have been recorded. 



Sorex richardsoni Bachman Richardson's shrew 



1857 Sorex richardsoni Baehnian, Jour. acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia. 



7: 383. (Probably from plains of Saskatchewan) 

 1895 Sorex richardsoni Miller, North American fauna. 31 Dec. 1895. no. 



10, p. 48. 

 Back very dark (almost blackish) brown, without slaty tinge ; sides dull 

 yellowish brown; under parts grayish, washed with chestnut. Total length,. 



