IS Journal of the Mitchell Society. [March 



Merr. Dismal Swamp Mole Shrew. 

 uda, but more plumbeous in color, 

 and with a narrower skull. Taken by Dr. Merriam at Dismal 

 Swamp, Virginia, and by Mr. R. T. Young-, at Chapanoke, 

 Perqui tid Currituck. Currituck county. The 



relationship of this and the two preceding- forms to one 

 another does not sc it to me and hence I list them as 



full species "without prejudice 



Teeth 30. in our specie h about 3 inches. 



39. B. pan ■ Say. Little Mole Shrew, Color brownish 

 above, ashy below. L. 3. T. 9-16. Its rang-e in the State 

 is probably about that of B. carolinensis, but it is at present 

 only recorded from Wake and Bertie counties. 



GENUS SOREX. L. 



(a. Total length over 5% inches: hi conspicuously 



fringed subgenus Xeos >rex). S. albibarbis Cope. 

 Eastern Marsh Shrew. Upper parts black witfi 



a slight hoary cast: chin and throat grayish white, rest 

 lower parts of dusky. L. i. 2 ■_. The Marsh 



Shrew inhabits marshes and the borders of streams, 

 south in the mountains to Pennsylvania and probably 

 further. ■ 



aa. Total length under 5 inches, hind feet not fringed [sum 

 geuus Sore, 



40. S. fumcus Miller. Smoky Shrew. Smoky slate color, 

 slightly paler below. L. 4 : s. T. l- ; _. 



41. 6". personatus Geoff St. Hil. Masked Shrew. Upper 

 parts dark brown, under parts whitish gray. L. 4*s. T. 

 1 9-16. This and the preceding have both been taken by the 

 collectors of the United States Biological Survey on Roan 

 Mt.. Mitchell county, in 1 



42. S. longirosiris Bach. Southern Shrew. Smallest of 

 the eastern shrews. Chestnut brown above, ashy tinged with 

 drab below. L. 3.. T. 1_ : _ . Rare at Raleigh and one 

 specimen known from Bertie county. The limits of the range 



