94 J. Laerm, W. M. Ford, and D. C. Weinand 



COLLECTION RECORDS 



Records of Sorex hoyi from western North Carolina using acronyms 

 for the museum collections in which the specimens are housed follow 

 Yates et al. (1987). 



Avery Co.: Mount Mitchell (1, M. Steele Collection). Buncombe 

 Co.: Bent Creek Experimental Station, Pisgah National Forest (2, USNM). 

 Cherokee Co.: Nancy Gap (2, UGAMNH). Clay Co.: 3.0 mi. E. Fires 

 Creek Recreation Area (1, UGAMNH). Graham Co.: 15 mi. NW Robbinsville, 

 Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest (1, UGAMNH). Jackson Co.: 4.5 mi. S 

 Cashiers (1, UGAMNH). Macon Co. 3.0 mi. W. Highlands (1, UGAMNH), 

 0.5 mi. E. Winding Stair Gap on U.S. 64 (1, UGAMNH); Albert Mt., 

 Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory (1 UGAMNH); Cold Spring Gap, 

 Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory (1 UGAMNH); Cold Spring Cove, 

 Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory (1 UGAMNH); Lick Branch, Coweeta 

 Hydrological Laboratory (2 UGAMNH). McDowell Co.: Balsam Gap, 

 along Blue Ridge Parkway at mile marker 357 (1, UGAMNH); Glassmine 

 Falls, along Blue Ridge Parkway at mile marker 362 (1, UGAMNH). 

 Swain Co.: Newfound Gap (1, UIMNH). Transylvania Co.: Cedar Mountain 

 (1, CUVC). 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS— Kathy Barker, Alex Menzel, Kendal 

 Cochran, Eric Fowler, Jane Ellis, Kate Schumacher, Joe Devivo, and 

 Mac Callahan worked in snow, rain, ice, and dirt. We thank Ron Escano 

 and Rod McClanahan of the Nantahala National Forest and Wayne 

 Swank of Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory for authorization to undertake 

 surveys on Forest Service lands. These surveys were conducted under 

 North Carolina Wildlife Resources Scientific Collecting Permits (93- 

 05, 94-05, 93-ES-65, 94-ES-65). Support for this project was provided 

 by The University of Georgia Museum of Natural History and NSF 

 grant BSR 9011661. 



LITERATURE CITED 



Caldwell, R. S. 1980. First records of Sorex dispar and Microsorex 

 thompsoni in Kentucky with distributional notes on associated species. 

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Caldwell, R. S., and H. Bryan. 1982. Notes on the distribution and 

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 tucky. Brimleyana 8:91-100. 



Caldwell, R. S., C. K. Smith, and J. O. Whitaker, Jr. 1982. First 

 records of the smoky shrew, Sorex fumeus, and pygmy shrew, Microsorex 

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