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Sorex personatus streatori Merriam. Streator Shrew. 



Represented by a series of twenty-eight specimens from 

 various mainland points and from some of the islands lying close 

 to the coast (nos. 8412, 8422, 8425, 8430, 8431, 8434-8444, 8450, 

 8461-8463, 8465-8470, 9154, 9155). No specimens were taken 

 on any of the more western islands. Points of capture are as 

 follows : Chiekamin River, 1 ; Portage Cove, Revillagigedo Island 

 1; Etolin Island 1; Wrangell Island 2; Bradfield Canal 11; 

 Mitkof Island 1; Thomas Bay 5; Port Snettisham 2; Taku 

 River 4. 



Sorex obscurus longicauda Merriam. Long-tailed Shrew. 



Generally distributed over the whole of this region, and in 

 many places the most abundant species of mammal. Ninety-two 

 specimens were secured from the following localities : Kupreanof 

 and Kuiu islands, Prince of Wales Island (Port Protection, 

 Calder Bay, Shakan, San Alberto Bay, Klawak Salt Lake), 

 Coronation, Warren, Heeeta, Duke, Gravina, Dall, Revillagigedo, 

 Etolin, Wrangell, Zarembo, and Mitkof islands, and from the 

 mainland at Boca de Quadra, the Chiekamin River, Bradfield 

 Canal, Thomas Bay, Port Snettisham, and the Taku River (nos. 

 8365-8411, 8413-8421, 8423, 8424, 8426-8429, 8432, 8433, 8445- 

 8449, 8451-8460, 8464, 9153, 9156-9166). It was thus found 

 at practically every point visil^d. 



Where meadow-mice occurred shrews were frequently taken 

 in their runways, but they were also caught in traps set in 

 almost every conceivable situation, under logs in the woods or 

 amongst the drift on the beaches. Almost as many were caught 

 in the daytime as at night, and in some places they were a 

 source of annoyance, eating portions of animals caught in 

 the traps. At Thomas Bay I watched one for some time, feeding 

 in refuse by the camp. I had just cleaned some ducks, and the 

 clotted blood lying on the ground attracted the shrew to the 

 exclusion of everything else. He tugged and pulled at it, eating 

 all he could hold, while I stood watching, standing within a 

 foot of him, and though the least sound or movement on my part 



