428 Fretp Museum or Naturat History — Zoétocy, Vor. XI. 
and, so far as I am aware, nothing definite has been written except by 
Dr. Merriam, who says: ‘“‘On the 22d of April, 1878, I found a couple 
of Shrews under a plank-walk near my museum. They proved to be 
a male and female, and the latter contained young which, from their 
size, would probably have been born early in May. Another female, 
caught near the same place, April 21, 1884, contained five large embryos 
which would certainly have been born within ten days. They weighed, 
together, 4.20 grammes. I procured a half grown young, February 
10, 1884, which must have been born late in the fall. Hence two or 
three litters are probably produced each season. The young born 
in autumn do not breed in the spring following, as I have demonstrated 
by repeated dissections of both sexes’ (J. ¢., pp. 172-173). 
Specimens examined from Illinois, Wisconsin and adjoining states: 
Illinois —- Chicago, 6; Fox Lake, Lake Co., skins, 16, in alcohol, 3; 
Camp Logan, Lake Co., 5; Galena, Jo Daviess Co., 2= 32. 
Michigan — Dowagiac, Cass Coz, 4: 
Minnesota — Aitkin, 1; Excelsior, 2=3. 
Wisconsin — Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., 26; Solon Springs, Douglas 
Co., 5; Spread Eagle, Florence Co., 6; Lac Vieux Desert, Vilas 
0., 2; Conover, Vilas Co., 1; (M.P.M.) Douglas Co., 2; Burnett 
Co., 1; Prescott, Pierce Co., 8; Maiden Rock, Pierce Co., 5; Mil- 
waukee, 2; Milwaukee Co., 3; Delavan, Walworth Co., 7; Fountain 
City, Buffalo Co., 1; Prairie du Sac, Sauk Co., 48= 140. 
Blarina brevicauda carolinensis (BACHMAN). 
CAROLINA SHORT-TAILED SHREW. 
Sorex carolinensis BACHMAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, Pt. 2, 1837, p. 366. 
Blarina brevicauda carolinensis MERRIAM, N. Amer. Fauna, No. 10, 1895, p. 13 
(Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, etc.). JacKsoNn, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XX, 
1907, p. 74 (S. W. Missouri). Ruoaps, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1896 
(1897), p. 202 (Tennessee). Hann, Ann. Rept. Dept. Geol. & Nat. Resources 
Ind., 1908 (1909), p. 601 (Indiana). Woop, Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist., 
VIII, 1910, p. 587 (Illinois). 
Type locality — Eastern South Carolina. 
Distribution — Southern United States (except Florida), north to 
Virginia, Illinois and Missouri, and west to Texas. 
Description — Similar to B. brevicauda, but smaller and generally 
somewhat browner; general color dusky plumbeous, often tinged 
with brownish; under parts somewhat paler; teeth similar to B. 
brevicauda. 
Measurements — Total length, about 4 inches or less, the average 
measurements of 20 specimens being 3.82 in. (97 mm.); tail verte- 
bre, about .80 in. (20 mm.); hind foot, .50 in. (12.7 mm.). 
