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Comity: Benedict, 1 ; Marshall Hall, 1 ; Newport, 7. Dorchester Coun- 

 ty : Cambridge, 15 (14 in Coll. K.U.)- Gofrrett County: Bittinger, 5; 

 Cranberry Swamp, 1 ; Finzel, 13 ; Grantsville, 5 ; Mountain Lake Park, 

 2; Swallow Falls State Forest, 2; Swanton, 4; Wolf Swamp, 2. Mont- 

 gomery Cowfity: Burnt Mills, 2; Cabin John, 1; Cropley, 2; German- 

 town, 1 ; Kensington, 1 mile N, 2 ; Plummers Island, 3 ; Poolesville, 1 ; 

 Kockville, 17 ; Eockville, 2.3 miles NE, 6 ; Sandy Spring, 6 ; Seneca, 3 ; 

 Sececa Creek at Clopper Koad (Eoute 117), 1; Silver Spring, 6; 

 Takoma Park, 1. Prince Georges County: Northwest Branch Ana- 

 costia Eiver, 1 ; Hyattsville, 5 ; Lanham, 1 ; Laurel, 4 ; Mitchellsville, 

 1 mile W., 2 ; Oxon Hill, 12 ; Prince Georges County Sphagnum Bog, 1. 

 Worcester Coimty: Mills Island, 2 (skulls from owl pellets) ; Snow 

 Hill, 5 miles NE, 1. District of Columbia : 107. 



Other records and reports. — Baltimore County: Lake Roland 

 (Bures, 1948, p. 62) ; Towson (Gentile, 1949, p. 11) . Frederick County: 

 Locust Grove (Merriam, 1895, p. 13). Kent County: Chestertown 

 (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service files). Prince Georges County: 

 Bladensburg (Bailey, 1896, p. 100). 



Remarks, — This species is in need of revision throughout its range. 

 Pending this, only tentative conclusions may be reached regarding the 

 various races and their distribution. At present it appears that three 

 subspecies are distributed along the northeastern coast of the United 

 States. The most northerly race, talpoides^ ranges throughout most of 

 New England, New York, extreme northern Pennsylvania, and north- 

 ern New Jersey. It is a large pale race, with an elevated cranium and 

 a long slender rostrum. Distribtued along the east coast to the south of 

 talpoides is kirtlandi from northeastern Ohio, ranging throughout 

 most of Pennsylvania, central and southern New Jersey, Delaware, 

 Maryland, and West Virginia into southwestern Virginia. It is some- 

 what smaller and darker than talpoides and has a shorter, broader 

 rostrum. Distributed to the south of kirtlandi is the very small dark 

 southern race carolinensis. Several authorities have considered the 

 range of carolinensis to extend north to Cambridge, Dorchester County, 

 Md. (Bole and Moulthrop, 1942, p. 108; Gardner, 1950a, p. 67; Jones 

 and Findley, 1954, p. 210). I have examined a number of specimens 

 from this locality (as well as series from farther south on the Delmarva 

 Peninsula) and consider them to be intergrades between carolinensis 

 and kirtlandi,, but closer to kirtlandi and referable to that race. The 

 intergrading character of this population is reflected primarily in 

 smaller size, particularly as regards external measurements. The aver- 

 age total length of eight specimens from Cambridge is 103.6 mm. as 

 contrasted with 97.4 mm. for eight specimens from South Carolina 

 (near the type locality of carolinensis) and 116 for the type specimen 



