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Trapping consisted of snap trapping with Victor mouse traps and 
Museum Specials and using pitfall traps with drift fences. Snap traps 
were placed in lines with a minimum of 20 m between lines and 10 m 
between stations on a line. Trap lines had five or eight stations depend- 
ing on size of the study area. Three traps were set at each station and 
baited with peanut butter. Snap trap types were not mixed within a 
study site, and each site had a series of pitfalls and drift fences. On pine 
and hardwood sites, pitfalls with drift fences were constructed as de- 
scribed in Campbell and Christman (1982). At floodplain sites, fences 
were parallel to the stream and 1 to 4 m from the water’s edge. Water 
was maintained in all pitfalls so that captured animals drowned. All 
specimens are currently deposited in the Vertebrate Collections of 
Clemson University and The Charleston Museum. 
Combined trapping effort with snap traps and pitfalls equals 61,404 
trap nights. Effort was not distributed evenly among habitat types. A 
total of 367 shrews were collected from all habitats: 243 (66%) from pine 
stands, 21 (6%) from hardwood stands, and 103 (28%) from flood plains 
(Table 1). Southern short-tailed shrews were captured most frequently 
(42% of total catch), followed by southeastern shrews (32%), least 
shrews (11%), northern short-tailed shrews (10%), smoky shrews (5%), 
and pygmy shrews (1%). Chi-square analysis was used to test the 
hypothesis that catchability was equal for all habitat types. 
The catchability of five species of shrews was compared across hab- 
itat types (Table 1); southern short-tailed shrews were not considered 
because, within their range, only one habitat type was sampled. South- 
eastern shrews were captured more often than expected in flood plains 
(P < 0.01) and less often than expected in pine stands (P < 0.01) (Table 
1). Wolfe and Esher (1981) felt that this species is not habitat specific in 
Mississippi. However, our data support French (1980a), who compiled 
habitat information provided by collectors on specimen labels and in 
field work and noted that most specimens came from moist areas. The 
northern short-tailed shrew was found less often than expected in hard- 
wood stands (P < 0.05) and more often than expected in pine stands (P 
< 0.05). Smoky shrews were taken in the mountainous areas of Pickens 
and Oconee counties. This species was collected less often than expected 
in pine stands (P< 0.01) and more often than expected in flood plains 
(PC0.01). 
Five specimens of Sorex hoyi were collected in 1984 and 1985. 
These are the first known records of the pygmy shrew for South Caro- 
lina. Two females were collected 2.1 km SW of Whetstone Corner, 
Oconee County, on 21 June and 28 November 1984. The first male was 
collected on 22 June 1984, 1.9 km SE of Round Mountain, Oconee 
County. Another male was collected 0.5 km SW of the first collection 
