EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
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PLATE XXVIII. 
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Figures of Soricidae and of Urotrichus, with views of skulls magnified three diameters. 
Sorex platyrhinus. —No. 1699.—Middleboro’, Mass. 25 
Sorex hoyi, Baird.—No. 1688.—Racine, Wisconsin. 32 
Blarina berlandierii, Baird.—No. 2159.—Matamoras, Mexico. 53 
Blarina exilipes , Baird.—No. 2157.—Washington, Miss. 51 
Urotrichus gibbsii, Baird.—No. 662.—Washington Territory. 76 
PLATE XXIX. (California and Oregon.) 
Fig .—Mephitis bicolor , Gray.—Spotted skunk.—Santa Clara, California.. 197 
PLATE XXX. 
Figures of skulls and teeth. 
Fig. 1 —Scalops townsendii, Bach.—No. 1275.—Steilacoom, Washington Territory.— 
Natural size. 23 
a —head from helow; b —head from above; c—head from the side; d — 
lower jaw ; e —lower jaw from above. 
Fig. 2 —Scalops breweri , Bach.—No. 1779.—Cleveland, Ohio. 68 
Old, and teeth, much worn ; natural size ; references as in fig. 1 ; /—teeth 
of left side of upper jaw magnified; g —teeth of left side of lower jaw 
magnified. 
pig, 3 —Scalops townsendii , var. californicus .—California mole.—Petaluma, California. 65 
a —head from the side; b —lower jaw from the side, twice magnified; 
c—head from above ; natural size. 
Fig. 4 —Sorex forsteri, Rich.—No. 1773.—Carlisle, Penn... 22 
a —side view of the head; b —side view of the lower jaw, magnified three 
diameters ; c—head from below; natural size. Note .—All the remain¬ 
ing figures on the plate have the Same references. 
Fig. 5 —Blarina brevicauda. —No. 3107.—Fort Berthold, Nebraska..... 42 
Fig. 6 —Blarina talpoides. —No. 1776.—Racine, Wisconsin. 36 
Fig. 7 —Blarina angusticeps, Baird.—No. 2120.—Burlington, Vermont. 47 
Fig. 8 —Blarina carolinensis. —No. 1779.—St. Louis, Mo. 45 
Fig. 9 —Blarina cinerea. —No. 1771.—S. Carolina. 45 
Fig. 10 —Blarina cinerea ( parva .)—No. 3103.—Carlisle, Penn. 50 
PLATE XXXI. 
Fig. —Canis occidentalis .—Gray wolf.—No. 1804.—Adirondac mountains, New York. 104 
Skull two-thirds natural size; 1—skull from below; 2—skull from above ; 
3—skull from the side ; 4—lower jaw from the side ; 5—lower jaw from 
above. 
PLATE XXXII. 
Fig. —Vulpes fulvus .—Red fox, adult male.—No. 683.—Carlisle, Penn. 124 
Skull natural size ; figs. 1-5, as in plate XXXI. 
