No. 2 
REPORT UPON THE ZOOLOGY OE THE ROUTE. 
BY J. S. NEWBERRY, M. D.* 
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CHAPTER I. 
REPORT UPON THE MAMMALS. 
SOREX VAGRANS, Cooper. 
Baird, General Report Mammals, 1857, 15. 
Sp. Ch.—E ars moderately large, though little more than half as long as the adjacent fur. Fur rather full and long, 
hairs on the hack measuring 2£ lines. Tail longer than the body alone, about five-sixths as long as head and body together, 
scantily haired at tip. Third lateral tooth above smaller than fourth. Anterior upper incisor with a rounded internal 
]obe in broad contact with its fellow. Color above, olive brown, varied with hoary ; beneath, dusky yellowish white ; 
sides a little paler than the back. Head and body ten inches. Tail If. Hind foot about .47 of an inch. 
A single specimen, probably belonging to this species, was taken in tbe Cascade mountains. 
SOREX SUCKLEYI, Baird. 
Baird, General Report Mammals, 1857, 18. 
Sp. Cii.—E ars quite large, about as long as the adjacent fur. Longest hairs measuring barely two lines. Feet rather 
small. Tail considerably longer than the body, exclusive of head; well coated with hair. Caudal vertebral 16. Third 
lateral tooth above smaller than the fourth. Width of skull rather more than half its length. Length of palate three- 
eighths this length. Color above, light chestnut brown; beneath, grayish white. Length 2 \ inches. Tail 1J ? Hind 
foot .46 of an inch. 
One specimen of this species was collected on tbe Upper Des Chutes river, in Oregon. 
SCALOPS (SCAPANUS) TOWNSENDII. 
Oregon Mole. 
Baird, General Report Mammals, 1857, 68. 
Sp. Cn.—Teeth 44. Eye small, hut not covered by the integument. Tail rather scantily haired. Nostrils opening on 
the upper surface of the tip of the snout. Palm large and broad. Color nearly black, with faint purplish or sooty brown 
reflections. (Sometimes, perhaps, glossed with silvery '!) Length six to seven inches. 
Specimens of this species were collected at San Francisco. 
6 The species enumerated in this report have been determined, and their diagnoses prepared, by Prof. S. F. Baird, Assistant 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
