MAMMALS—SORICINAE—SOREX VAGRANS. 
15 
From S. parvus of Richardson, (not Say,) hy much the same characteristics. 
Since preparing the preceding description, a third and fourth specimens in alcohol have been 
received from Fort Steilacoom, agreeing very well with the above, except that the under parts 
are a little lighter, with a faint rusty tinge. The line of demarcation is, however, not distinct, 
the hoary sooty brown of the back passing insensibly into the belly. The ear is large, about as 
long as the fur ; it is clothed with long hairs on its margin, otherwise nearly naked. The tail 
is cylindrical, the annuli quite conspicuous. 
Measurements. {Specimens in alcohol.) 
1676. 
2046. 
Head . 
0. 85 
0. 83 
Head and body_ _ _ 
2. 40 
2.32 
Tail, (vertebrae)..__ _ 
2. 00 
1. 63 
Tail j (hairs)_ ____ _ _ 
2.15 
1. 65 
Hand ___, _ 
0.30 
0. 25 
0. 55 
0.57 
Ear_...._ _ _ _ _ 
0. 30 
List of Specimens. 
Catalogue 
Number. 
Corresponding 
No. of skull. 
Sex & 
Age. 
Locality. 
When 
collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Nature of 
specimen. 
Collected by 
967 
813 
1676 
2046 
Astoria, Oregon_ 
June 10,1855 
Lt.W.P.Trowbridge,U.S.A. 
Skin_ 
Jas. Wayne. 
3088 
c? 
9 
Ft. Steilacoom, W.T. 
1856. 
Dr. George Suckley,U.S. A. 
In alcohol. 
..do. 
Dr.Suckley. 
...do. 
SOREX VAGRANS, Cooper, Mss. 
Sp. Ch.—E ars moderately large, though little mpre than half as long as the adjacent fur. Fur rather full and long; hairs 
on the hack measuring two lines and a half. Feet rather small; anterior contained rather more than one and a half times 
in the posterior, which are a little over two-thirds the length of skull. Tail longer than the body, about five-sixths as long 
as head and body, scantily haired at tip. Third lateral tooth above, smaller than fourth. Anterior upper incisor, with a 
rounded internal lobe, 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, 2 inches. Tail, If. Hind foot about 0.47 of an inch. 
Description from Nos 630, 16*75.—Body rather stout and full. Fur long, measuring three 
lines on the back. The ears are large and the aperture wide, the concha is not, however, as 
long as the fur, and is usually concealed in the hair. The internal surface is well covered with 
fur along the upper margin, as well as on the edges of the supplementary lobes. 
The feet are rather small, the palm as broad as the soles, both naked, with a slight ciliation 
on the latter. The tail is about five-sixths as long as the head and body, slender, depressed, 
