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Remarks. The small Blarina parva a Say undoubtedly occurs in the 

 lower Hudson valley though it has not to my knowledge been taken 

 within the limits of the state. 



De Kay included the animal on the ground of its occurrence in Con- 

 necticut ('42, p. 20). Mr Frank M. Chapman writes me that there is in 

 the American museum of natural history a specimen of this shrew taken 

 on the Hackensack marshes in New Jersey only a few miles from the 

 New York state line. The 'species is to be looked for also in the upper 

 austral area at the extreme western part of the state. 



Scalops aquaticus (Linnaeus) Naked-tailed mole 



1758 Sorex aquaticus Linnaeus, Syst. nat. ed. 10. 1 : 53. 

 1825 Scalops acquaticus F. Cuvier, Dents des Mamm. p. 251 

 1842 Scalops aquaticus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia 

 p. 15 (part). 



1884 Scalops aquaticus Merriam, Linn, soc. New York. Trans. 2:55. 

 1896 Scalops aquaticus Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7 : 194. 

 1898 Scalops aquaticus Mearns, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bui. 9 Sep. 1898. 



Type locality. Eastern United States. 



Faunal position. Transition zone and austral zones. 



Habitat. Dry, sandy soil. 



Distribution in New York. The naked-tailed mole may be looked for 

 in New York in suitable localities anywhere outside of the limits of the 

 boreal zone. The details of its distribution in the state are unknown. 



Principal records. De Kay : " The shrew-mole has a wide geographic 

 range, being [found from Carolina to the 50th degree of north lati- 

 tude, and from the Atlantic to the shores of the Pacific" ('42, p. 17). 

 Merriam : "This species is not common about the borders of the Adiron- 

 dacks and is seldom if ever found within the evergreen forests, though it 

 sometimes finds its way to the frontier settler's garden " ('84d, p. 55). 

 Fisher : "Common in the meadows and lawns [about Sing Sing] " 

 ('96, p. 194). 



Mr Helme writes that the naked-tailed mole is common on Long 

 Island. 



a 1323 Sorex parvus Say, Long's expetl. to the Rocky mts. 1 :164. 

 1842 Sorex parvus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia, p. 19. 

 1895 Blarina parva Merriam, North American fauna, no. 10. 31 Dec. 1895. p. 17. 

 Type locality. Near Blair, Nebraska. 

 Faunal position. Upper and lower austral zones. 



Distribution. Upper and lower austral zones from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic 

 coa.^t. 



