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SOREX ALBIVENTER. 



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Specimens examined. — Total number, 21, from the following localities: 



British Columbia: Port Moody, 7 ; Chilliwack, 2. 

 Washington: Easton (Cascade range), 8. 

 Oregon: Klamath Basin, 1 (type). 

 California: Mendocino County, 1 ; Gualala, 2. 



SOREX (ATOPHYRAX) BENDIRII PALMERI subsp.nov. 



(PI. XII, figs. 1-3.) 



Type from Astoria, Oregon. Type No. Hlftl, $ old, U. S. Nat. Mus., Department of 

 Agriculture collection. Collected July 29, 1889, by T. S. Palmer. Orig. No. 256. 



Geographic distribution, — Coast of Oregon and Willamette Valley; 

 limits of range unknown. 



General characters. — Similar to S. bendirii^ but larger (total lengtli, 

 165 mm.; head and body, 92 mm.); blacker; skull heavier. 



Color. — Upper parts glossy black, changing gradually to sooty plum- 

 beous on under parts; tail dusky all round. The black of the upper 

 parts is less pure on the head and shoulders, where the brownish sub- 

 apical part of the fur shows through. 



Cranial and dental characters. — Contrasted with /S'. bendirii the skull 

 of palmeri is larger and heavier (type measures 24.5 by 11.5 mm.), with 

 narrower interpterygoid fossa, and larger and heavier teeth. The uni- 

 cuspids and molars are relatively as well as actually broader. The first 

 unicuspid is appreciably larger than second; third and fourth subequal, 

 but third slightly the smaller. Unicuspid series with middle incisor 

 longer than molariform series. 



Measurements. — Type specimen: Total length, 165 mm.; tail verte- 

 br<e, 73 mm.; hind foot, 20 mm. 



General remarlcs. — A specimen from Beaverton, in the Willamette 

 Valley, is practically indistinguishable from the type, but one from 

 Oregon City (collected October 21) is more dark slate color without 

 pure black. 



Specimens examined. — Total number, 3, from the following localities 

 in Oregon: Astoria (type locality), 1; Beaverton, 1; Oregon City, 1. 



SOREX (ATOPHYRAX) BENDIRII ALBIVENTER subsp. nov. 



Type from Lake Cushman, Olympic Mountains, Washington. Type, No. 66198, 

 <^ad., U. S. Nat. Mus., Department of Agriculture collection. Collected July 7, 

 1894, by C. P. Streator. Original number, 4021. 



General characters. — Similar to S. bendirii.^ but larger, with tail decid- 

 edly longer, and under parts abruptly whitish; skull and teeth larger. 



Color. — Upper parts sooty plumbeous; under parts abruptly white 

 or whitish (as in Neosorex), clouded with dusky on breast and middle 

 of belly. In one pelage the clouding below spreads over nearly the 

 whole of the under parts. Tail blackish, indistinctly and narrowly 

 paler below basally. 



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