416 Frerp Musrum or Naturat History — ZodLocy, Vor. XI. 
under surface pale (dull flesh color on fresh specimens) and the 
end blackish; under surface of muzzle whitish. The absence of 
a dark dorsal area is one of the characters by which this species 
may usually be distinguished from richardsonii. A brown pelage 
occurs in summer, the animal being near uniform dull chestnut 
brown or hair brown with under parts slightly paler. Third uni- 
cuspid tooth not smaller than the 4th, usually slightly larger; 
rostrum and brain-case lower and unicuspids smaller than in S. 
richardsonit. 
Measurements — Total length, about 4.70 in. (120 mm.); tail vertebra, 
about 1.75 in. (44.4 mm.); hind foot, .55 in. (13.7 mm.). 
So far as known the only specimen of the Smoky Shrew which has 
yet been collected within our limits was taken at Racine, Wisconsin, 
and is now in the National Museum collection. The specimen was 
originally identified.by Baird as S. richardsonii, but was later dis- 
covered by Miller to be S. fumeus (Miller, J. ¢., p. 39). 
Very little is known regarding the species and only a general idea of 
its distribution has been obtained from the widely scattered specimens 
which have been taken. The habits of this Shrew probably differ but 
little from those of allied species. 
Sorex longirostris BacHMAN. 
CAROLINA SHREW. SOUTHERN SHREW. 
Sorex longirostris BACHMAN, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, Pt. II, 1837, p. 370° 
Miiyer, N. Amer. Fatina, No. 10, 1895, p. 52. Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, No- 
10, 1895, p. 85. Haun, Ann. Rept. Dept. Geol. & Nat. Resources Ind., 1908 
(1909), p. 607 (Indiana). HoweELL, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXII, 1909, p. 66 
(Indiana). Woop, Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist., VIII, 1910, p. 582 (McHenry 
Co., Illinois). 
Amphisorex leseurit DUVERNOY, Mag. de Zool., Ser. 2, Mamm., 1842, p. 33 (Indiana). 
Type locality — Swamps of Santee River, South Carolina. 
Distribution — North and South Carolina, northern Georgia, Ten- 
nessee and Kentucky to southern Illinois; limits of range unknown. 
Description — General color dull chestnut brown, approaching sepia 
brown; under parts ashy gray, often washed with pale drab brown; 
fur slate colored at base; upper surface of tail dark, under surface 
pale; 3rd unicuspid tooth smaller than the 4th. 
Measurements — Total length, about 3.45 in. (87 mm.); tail vertebre, 
1.25 in. (32 mm.); hind foot, .43 in. (10.50 mm.). 
Remarks — Resembles Sorex personatus in coloration and size, although 
the tail and hind foot are somewhat shorter. They may always 
be distinguished by cranial and dental characters, the rostrum being 
decidedly broader and the 3rd unicuspid tooth is smaller than the 
4th (see illustration, p. 408). 
