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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS-ZOOLOGY-GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catalogue 
number. 
Corresponding 
No. of skull. 
No. of 
specimens 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
Nature of 
specimen. 
198 
1770 
i 
Thomas Broome_ 
Skin_ 
i 
Halifax, N. S. 
J. W. Dawson __- 
..do.. 
1647 
i 
Dr. Brewer _ 
_do _ 
2126 
i 
_do 
Alcohol _ _ 
902 
1950 
i 
Boston Society Natural History.. 
Skin_ 
13 
J. W. P Jenks 
do 
2065 to 2125 
60 
_do_ 
_do__ 
Alcohol - - 
2127 
1 
Burlington, Vt_ 
Prof. Z. Thompson 
..do_ 
1317 
2119 
1 
do 
_ do 
Skin_ 
? 2129 
Wethersfield, Conn_ 
C. Wright.... 
Alcohol - - 
2132-3 
2 
Nichols, N. Y. 
R. Howell. 
2134-38 
Waterville, N. Y 
H. Davis_ ------------- 
2139 
1 
Sag Harbor, N. Y 
E. N. Byra.m 
. .do_ 
2140-3 
4 
Salem, Ohio__ 
E. Newton___...... 
817-8 
2 
Cleveland, Ohio _ __ 
Dr. Kirtland_-_ 
Skin. 
246 
1 
Ann Arbor, Mich 
Prof. C. Fox..... 
2145 
Grosse Isle, Mich_ 
Alcohol . . 
2146-8,2162-3 
5 
Cook county, Ill_ 
R. Kennicott_ 
..do_,-t 
109, 625 
2 
Racine, Wis_ 
Dr. Hoy_-__. ... 
Skin_ 
2164-5 
2 
__do 
do _ _ 
Aloohol. . 
2144 
1 
Lak'e Superior. _ 
Prof. Agassiz.___ 
2149 
1 
Carlisle, Pa... 
S. F. Baird. 
623 
1774 
1 
do 
do 
Skin_ 
1308 
2010 
1 
Clarke county, Va_ 
Dr. Kennerly___ 
..do. 
2154 
1 
Spottsylvania, Va_ 
Mr. Massey___ 
Alcohol - - 
2150 
1 
Columbus, Ga_ 
Dr. Gesner____ 
BL ARINA BREVICAUDA. 
Sorex brevieaudus,'S\t, Long’s Exped. I, 1823, 164. 
Harlan, Faun. Amer. 1825, 29. (Skin only.) 
Godman, Am. Nat. Hist. I, 1831, 79. (2d ed. From Say.) 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. V, 1855, 549. (From Say.) 
Bachman, J. A. N. Sc. Ph. VII, 1837,381. 
Aud. & Bach. N. A. Quad. Ill, 1854, 335. 
Sp. Ch.—L argest of all American shrews hitherto discovered. (?) Head very broad and massive ; rather obtuse. Tail, with 
its hairs, about as long as the head, cylindrical, slightly depressed, well covered with hair, and terminated by a pencil. Un¬ 
der surface of heel more than usually hairy, with a narrow naked line on the inner edge. 
Color, dark brownish plumbeous, scarcely paler beneath. Feet and edge of the lips, whitish. Length, unstretched, over 
4 inches to root of tail. Hind feet, 0.65 long. Fore feet, .50 inch. Skull 1 inch in length. 
In the preceding diagnosis, I have embodied nearly all I have to say concerning the form of 
the only alcoholic specimen before me, referable to the B. brevicauda. It is, unfortunately, too 
