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Sorex palustris navigator (Neosorex) Baird. Type locality unknown, stated to be Fort 

 Vancouver, Washington, but probably northern Idaho. Geographic distribution, the Rocky 

 Mountains and outlying ranges from British Columbia to Southern Colorado and the Sierra 

 Nevada of California, south to the Sequoia National Park. Specimens identified from Nelson ; 

 Cranbrook ; Lillooet ; Atlin ; Lake District, near Victoria, Vancouver Island. 



Sorex bendirii (Atophyrax) Merriam. Type, Klamath Basin, Oregon. Range, Klamath 

 Basin, Oregon, northward along east side of Cascade Range to Puget Sound, westward to coast 

 of California and south to Sonoma County. Museum specimens taken at Sumas are referred 

 to this species. 



A number of small mammal-skins were sent to Mr. Edward Nelson, Chief, Biological Survey, 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., early in the year for identification, and these, 

 having been identified by members of his staff, were returned in April. The identifications of 

 the Sorex and Neosorex have been made by Dr. Jackson, who is engaged on a critical study 

 of these groups, and the Pcromyscus by Mr. Howell and Mr. Preble. 



The following is the list of mammals sent and identified : — 



Peromyscus. 



(Catalogue No. of Skins with Corresponding Skulls.) 



297. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 409. Pcromyscus maniculatus artemisice. 



29S. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 411. Peromyscus maniculatus artemisice. 



299. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 452. Peromyscus maniculatus artemisice. 



304. Peromyscus maniculatus oorealis. 453. Peromyscus maniculatus artemisite. 



305. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 454. Peromyscus maniculatus artemisice. 

 308. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 457. Peromyscus maniculatus oreas. 



Sorex. 



(Catalogue No. of Skins with Corresponding Skulls.) 



922. Sorex v. vagrans. 944. Sorex v. vagrans. 



923. Sorex o. obscurus. 947. Sorex o. obscurus. 



924. Sorex o. obscurus. 949. Sorex vancouvcrcn-sis. 



925. Sorex p. personaius. 950. Sorex o. setosus. 



926. Sorex v. vagrans. 952. Sorex vaiwouverensis. 



931. Sorex v. obscurus. 961. Sorex v. vagrans. 



932. Sorex v. obscurus. 962. Sorex v. vagrans. 

 934. Sorex v. obscurus. 963. Sorex v. vagrans. 

 938. Sorex v. obscurus. 974. Sorex v. vagrans. 

 940. Sorex v. obscurus. 



(No. of Skins with no Skulls.) 



948. Sorex o. obscurus. 957. Sorex vancouverensis. 



951. Sorex o. setosus. 



Neosorex. 



(Catalogue No. of Skins with Corresponding Skulls.) 



977. Neosorex p. navigator. 9S2. Neosorex p. navigator. 



978. Neosorex p. navigator. 983. Neosorex p. navigator. 



979. Neosorex p. navigator. 984. Neosorex p. navigator. 



980. Neosorex p. navigator. 9S5. Neosorex p. navigator. 

 9S1. Neosorex p. navigator. 



SOME Notes on the Earlier-known History of the Chiroptkra. with List of those 



Sr-ECIES OCCURRING IN BRITISH CoLU.MUIA. 



Of our smaller mammals no order of such magnitude with such a wide geographical 

 distribution produces a greater field for research than the Chiroptera, Inhabiting, as it does, 

 the Eastern and Western Hemispheres to tin 1 northern and southern limits of tree-growth. 

 extending in the Pacific Ocean from America to Hawaii and the Galapagos Islands, and from 

 Asia to New Zealand. Samoa, the Caroline and Ladrone Islands. 



