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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[Xo. 10. 



were captured on high ground, while the type came from a swamp on 

 the Sautee Eiver. The question might be raised whether the form 

 from Dismal Swamp here described as new {S.fisheri) may not be the 

 true Jongirostris instead of the one from Raleigh. The only facts at 

 hand bearing on this point are the measurements originally recorded 

 by Bachmanj these indicate an animal even smaller than the Raleigh 

 form, while the Dismal Swamp form is very much larger. The name 

 longirostris is unfortunate, since the rostrum in this species is shorter 

 and broader than in the common small Shrew of the Eastern States 

 (S. personaUis). 



SOREX FISHERI sp. nov, 

 (PL IV, fig. 4.) 



Tyjye from Lake Drummond, Dismal Swamp, Virginia. Type, No. 75166 ^ ad., U. S. 

 Nat. Mns., Dept. Agriculture coll. Collected Oct. 13, 1895, by A. K. Fisher. Orig. 

 No. 1800. 



General characters. — Similar to longirostris^ hut larger; hind foot 

 decidedly longer (12 mm. instead of 10.7 mm.); ears larger; coloration 

 duller, that of under parts less different from upper parts; nose and 

 ears darker; skull much larger and heavier. 



Color. — Dull chestnut brown, fading to drab brown on under parts; 

 nose, ears, and upper side of tail very dark; under side of tail pale 

 brownish except at tip, which is dark all round. 



Cranial and dental characters. — Skull and teeth similar to those of 

 S. Jongirostris, but very much larger; whole cranium higher; palate 

 broader; molariform teeth larger throughout. 



Measurements.— Type specimen: Total length, 108 mm. ; tail vertebrae, 

 39 mm.; hind foot, 12 mm. Average of 4 specimens from type locality: 

 Total length, 103 mm.; tail vertebra, 38.2 mm; hind foot, 12.2 mm. 



General remarks. — ^Unfortunately, no specimens of S. longirostris from 

 the type locality (swamps of Santee River) are at hand. The above 

 comparison has been made with specimens from Raleigh, I^. C, which 

 are assumed to be typical. 



SOEEX PACIFICUS Baird. 

 (PI. VII, figs. 1, la.) 



Sorex pacificus Baird, in Coues' Precursory Notes on American Insectivorous Mam- 

 mals, Bull. IT. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv., Ill, 3, p. 650, May 15, 1877. Type from Fort 

 Umpqua, Oregon. 



Type locality. — Fort Umpqua, mouth of TJmpqua River, Oregon. 



Geographic distrihution. — A narrow belt along the Pacific Coast from 

 Point Reyes, California, to Yaquina Bay, Oregon. 



General characters. — Size, largest of the American Long-tailed Shrews 

 of the restricted genus Sorex; color unique, cinnamon rufous; ears con- 

 spicuous; hind foot large; tail about equal to body without head. 



Color. — In summer pelage, uniform cinnamon rufous above and 

 below; in winter pelage, everywhere darker, the upper parts darkened 

 by dark-tipped hairs. (This i)elage is sometimes assumed early.) 



