Fes., 1912. MAMMALS OF ILLINOIS AND WisconsIn— Cory. 431 
Description — Size very small; upper parts dark hair-brown, often 
approaching sepia brown; under parts dull ashy gray; tail dark 
brown above, the under surface like the belly; fourth upper uni- 
cuspid exceedingly small and at first glance apparently absent, 
difficult to see without a strong lense and then rarely visible from 
the outside. 
Measurements — Total length, about 3.12 in. (79.4 mm.); tail verte- 
bre, .60 in. (16 mm.); hind foot, .40 in. (10.5 mm.). 
Small Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina parva). 
The Small Short-tailed Shrew is common in southern and central 
Illinois, and probably occurs nearly throughout the state, as it is 
recorded by Kennicott from Dekalb County. (S. eximius, 1. c., p. 97.) 
There are specimens in the Field Museum collection from Johnson, 
Alexander, and Hancock counties; Wood reports it from Mason and 
Champaign counties. I have also seen specimens from Charleston, 
Coles County, collected by Mr. T. L. Atkinson. 
Comparatively little is known regarding its habits, although they 
probably differ but little from those of the larger species. It seems to 
prefer overgrown grassy localities. Hahn states that in Indiana all 
the specimens he collected were taken in “orassy places, usually where 
briars and shrubs were mingled with the grass, but never in the woods” 
