Part 12

YUKON: MacMillan Pass, Mile 282, Canol Road, 1 NMC; MacMillan River, Mile 249, Canol Road, 1 NMC; S. fork MacMillan River, Mile 249, Canol Road, 2 NMC; Sheldon Lake, Mile 222, Canol Road, 5 NMC; Rose River, Mile 95, Canol Road, 1 NMC; McIntyre Creek, 3 mi. NW Whitehorse, 2250 ft. 1 KU; Nisutlin River, Mile 40, Canol Road, 6 NMC; SW end Dezadeash Lake, 2 KU; 3 mi. E and 1-1/2 mi. S Dalton Post, 2500 ft., 1 KU.

MACKENZIE: Nahanni River Mtns., Mackenzie River, 1 BS; Fort Simpson, 3 BS; Fort Resolution, Mission Island, 1 BS.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: W. side Mt. Glave, 4000 ft., 14 mi. S and 2 mi. E Kelsall Lake, 1 KU; Stonehouse Creek, 5-1/2 mi. W jct. Stonehouse Creek and Kelsall River, 4 KU; Bennett City, 6 BS; Wilson Creek, Atlin, 1 PMBC; McDame Post, Dease River, 6 BS; McDame Creek, 3 BS; Hot Springs, 3 mi. WNW jct. Trout River and Liard River, 1 KU; NW side Muncho Lake, 1 KU; Little Tahtlan River, 1 AMNH; Junction (4 mi. N Telegraph Creek), 7 BS; Raspberry Creek, 16 AMNH; Klappan River Valley, 1 BS; Chapa-atan River, 4 BS; Fort Grahame, 3 BS; Kispiox Valley, 23 mi. N Hazleton, 1 BS; Bear Lake, site of Fort Connully, 2 BS; Tetana Lake, 1 PMBC; Hudson Hope, 2 BS; Charlie Lake, 3 PMBC; Babine Mts., 6 mi. N Babine Trail, 5200 ft., 1 BS; Big Salmon River (S branch near Canyon), 1 BS; Ootsa Lake, 2 PMBC; Indianpoint Lake, 4 PMBC; Barkerville, 7 BS; Yellowhead Lake, 2 NMC, 1 PMBC; N. fork Moose River, 1 BS; Moose Lake, 2 BS; Moose Pass, 1 BS; Glacier, 7 AMNH, 12 BS; Golden, 1 BS; Field, 2 BS; Caribou Lake, near Kamloops, 2 BS; Sicamous, 1 BS; Monashee Pass, 4 PMBC; Paradise Mine, 3 PMBC; Level Mtn., 4 AMNH; 6 mi. S Nelson, 6 BS; Morrissey, 5 NMC; Wall Lake, 1 BS.

ALBERTA: Hays Camp, Slave River, Wood Buffalo Park, 1 NMC; Kinuso, Assineau River, 1920 ft., 2 KU; Athabaska River, 30 mi. above Athabaska Landing, 8 BS; Smokey Valley, 50 mi. N Jasper House, 1 BS; Sulfur Prairie, Grande Cache River, 3 BS; Stoney River, 35 mi. N Jasper House, 1 BS; Moose Mtn., 1 NMC; Rodent Valley, 25 mi. W Henry House, 1 BS; Henry House, 3 BS; Jasper, 2 NMC; Shovel Pass, 4 NMC; mouth of Cavell Creek, Jasper Park, 1 NMC; 11 mi. S Henry House, 2 BS; 15 mi. S Henry House, 1 BS; Red Deer River, 1 AMNH; 27 mi. W Banff, 3 NMC; 12 mi. WNW Banff, 4500 ft., 1 NMC; N. Fork Saskatchewan River, 5000 ft., 1 NMC; Cypress Hills, 1 NMC; Waterton Lakes Park, 53 NMC.

SASKATCHEWAN: Cypress Hills, 21 NMC.

WASHINGTON: Okanogan Co.: Pasayten River, 1 BS; Bauerman Ridge, 1 BS; Conconully, 2 BS. Pend Oreille Co.: 2 mi. N Gypsy Meadows, 2 WSC; Round Top Mtn., 1 WSC; head Pass Creek, 1. Chelan Co.: Stehekin, 4 BS; head Lake Chelan, 4 BS; Wenatchee, 1 BS. Kittitas Co.: Easton, 10 BS.

IDAHO: Boundary Co.: Cabinet Mtns., E Priest Lake, 2 BS. Adams Co.: 1/2 mi. E Black Lake, 1 KU; 1 mi. N Bear Creek R. S., SW slope Smith Mtn., 2 KU. Washington Co.: 1 mi. NE Heath, SW slope Cuddy Mtn., 4000 ft., 4 KU. Lemhi Co.: 10 mi. SSW Leadore (type locality), 4 BS; 5 FC. Fremont Co.: 7 mi. W West Yellowstone, 4 KU. Custer Co.: head Pahsimeroi River, Pahsimeroi Mtns., 1 BS. Blaine Co.: Perkins Lake, 1 KU. Bear Lake Co.:--Caribou Co. line: Preuss Mts., 1 BS.

MONTANA: Glacier Co.: Sherburne Lake, 3 UM; 2-1/2 mi. W and 1-1/2 mi. S Babb, 1 KU; St. Mary's, 6 UM; St. Mary Lakes, 9 BS; Fish Creek, 2 BS; Gunsight Lake, 2 BS. Flathead Co.: Nyack, 3 UM, 1 BS; 1 mi. W and 2 mi. S Summit, 1 KU. Ravalli Co.: 8 mi. NE Stevensville, 3 BS; Sula, 1 BS. Meagher Co.: Big Belt Mtns., Camas Creek, 4 mi. S Fort Logan, 7 BS. Gallatin Co.: West Gallatin River, 4 BS. Park Co.: Emmigrant Gulch, 3 mi. SE Chico, 2 BS; Beartooth Mtns., 2 BS; Carbon Co.: Pryor Mtns., 2 BS.

WYOMING: Yellowstone Nat'l Park: Mammoth Hot Springs, 11 BS; Tower Falls, 1 BS; Astringent Creek, 1 BS; Flat Mtn., 1 BS; Yellowstone Park, 1 UM. Park Co.: Beartooth Lake, 15 BS; SW slope Whirlwind Peak, 1 KU; Pahaska Tepee, 6300 ft., 8 BS; Pahaska, mouth Grinnell Creek, 15 BS; Pahaska, Grinnell Creek, 7000-7500 ft., 18 BS; 25 mi. S and 28 mi. W Cody, 1 KU; Valley, Absaroka Mts., 14 BS; Needle Mtn., 2 BS. Big Horn Co.: 28 mi. E Lovell, 9000 ft., 12 KU; head Trapper's Creek, W slope Bighorn Mtns., 7 BS; 17-1/2 mi. E and 4-1/2 mi. S Shell, 1 KU. Teton Co.: Two Ocean Lake, 6 FC; Emma Matilda Lake, 2 BS; 1 mi. N Moran, 1 FC; 2-1/2 mi. E and 1/4 mi. N Moran, 6230 ft., 2 KU; Moran, 7 FC, 1 KU; 2-1/2 mi. E Moran, 6220 ft., 1 KU; 1 mi. S Moran, 1 FC; 3-3/4 mi. E and 1 mi. S Moran, 9 KU; 7 mi. S Moran, 3 FC; Timbered Island, 14 mi. N Moose, 6750 ft., 3 KU; Bar BC Ranch, 2-1/2 mi. NE Moose, 6500 ft., 1 KU; Beaver Dick Lake, 1 UM; Teton Mtns., Moose Creek, 6800 ft., 9 BS; Teton Mtns., S Moose Creek, 10,000 ft., 3 BS; Teton Pass, above Fish Creek, 7200 ft., 15 BS; Whetstone Creek, 4 UM; Flat Creek-Gravel Creek Divide, 2 UM; Flat Creek-Granite Creek Divide, 1 UM; Jackson, 3 KU, 2 UM. Fremont Co.: Togwotee Pass, 5 FC; Jackey's Creek, 3 mi. S Dubois, 1 BS; Milford, 5400 ft., 2 KU; Mosquito Park R. S. 17-1/2 mi. W and 2-1/2 mi. N Lander, 1 KU; 17 mi. S and 6-1/2 mi. W Lander, 9300 ft., 1 KU; Mocassin Lake, 19 mi. W and 4 mi. N Lander, 10,000 ft., 1 KU; 23-1/2 mi. S and 5 mi. W Lander, 8600 ft., 1 KU; Green Mts., 8 mi. E Rongis, 8000 ft., 4 BS. Washakie Co.: 9 mi. E and 5 mi. N Tensleep, 7400 ft., 2 KU; 9 mi. E and 4 mi. N Tensleep, 7000 ft., 2 KU. Lincoln Co.: Salt River Mtns., 10 mi. SE Afton, 5 BS; Labarge Creek, 9000 ft., 1 BS. Sublette Co.: 31 mi. N Pinedale, 8025 ft., 3 KU; Surveyor's Park, 12 mi. NE Pinedale, 8000 ft., 2 BS; N. side Half Moon Lake, 7900 ft., 1 KU; 2-1/2 mi. NE Pinedale, 7500 ft., 2 KU. Natrona Co.: Rattlesnake Mts., 7000-7500 ft., 18 BS; Casper Mts., 7 mi. S Casper, 6 BS. Converse Co.: 21-1/2 mi. S and 24-1/2 mi. W Douglas, 7600 ft., 7 KU; 22 mi. S and 24-1/2 mi. W Douglas, 7600 ft., 4 KU; 22-1/2 mi. S and 24-1/2 mi. W Douglas, 7600 ft., 2 KU. Uinta Co.: 1 mi. N Fort Bridger, 6650 ft., 1 KU; Fort Bridger, 3 KU; Evanston, 1 BS; 9 mi. S Robertson, 8000 ft., 6 KU; 9 mi. S and 2-1/2 mi. E Robertson, 8600 ft., 1 KU; 10 mi. S and 1 mi. W Robertson, 8700 ft., 3 KU; 10-1/2 mi. S and 2 mi. E Robertson, 8900 ft., 1 KU; 13 mi. S and 1 mi. E Robertson, 9000 ft., 1 KU; 13 mi. S and 2 mi E Robertson, 9200 ft., 1 KU. Carbon Co.: Ferris Mts., 7800 to 8500 ft., 13 BS; Shirley Mts., 7600 ft., 7 BS; Bridget's Pass, 18 mi. SW Rawlins, 7500 ft., 2 KU; 10 mi. N and 12 mi. E Encampment, 7200 ft., 1 KU; 10 mi. N and 14 mi. E Encampment, 8000 ft., 6 KU; 9-1/2 mi. N and 11-1/2 mi. E Encampment, 7200 ft., 2 KU; 9 mi. N and 3 mi. E Encampment, 6500 ft., 1 KU; 9 mi. N and 8 mi. E Encampment, 7000 ft., 1 KU; 8 mi. N and 14 mi. E Encampment, 8400 ft., 3 KU; 8 mi. N and 14-1/2 mi. E Encampment, 8100 ft., 2 KU; 8 mi. N and 16 mi. E Encampment, 4 KU; 8 mi. N and 21-1/2 mi. E Encampment, 9400 ft., 2 KU; S. base Bridger's Peak, 8800 ft., Sierra Madre Mts., 3 BS; 8 mi. N and 19-1/2 mi. E Savery, 8800 ft., 2 KU; 7 mi. N and 17 mi. E Savery, 8300 ft., 1 KU; 6-1/2 mi. N and 16 mi. E Savery, 8300 ft., 1 KU; 6 mi. N and 15 mi. E Savery, 8500 ft., 1 KU; 5 mi. N and 10-1/2 mi. E Savery, 8000 ft., 2 KU; 14 mi. E and 6 mi. S Saratoga, 8800 ft., 1 KU. Albany Co.: Springhill, 12 mi. N Laramie Peak, 6300 ft., 10 BS; Laramie Peak, N. slope, 8000 to 8800 ft., 7 BS; Bear Creek, 3 mi. SW Laramie Peak, 7500 ft., 6 BS; 2-1/2 mi. ESE Brown's Peak, 10,500 ft., 2 KU; 3 mi. ESE Brown's Peak, 10,000 ft., 1 KU; 27 mi. N and 5 mi. E Laramie, 6960 ft., 2 KU; 1 mi. SSE Pole Mtn., 8350 ft., 3 KU; 2 mi. SW Pole Mtn., 3 KU; 3 mi. S Pole Mtn., 8100 ft., 2 KU; 8-3/4, mi. E and 6-1/2 mi. S Laramie, 8200 ft., 2 KU; Woods P. O., 1 BS. Laramie Co.: 5 mi. W and 1 mi. N Horse Creek P. O., 7200 ft., 2 KU.

UTAH: Weber Co.: Mt. Willard, Weber-Box Elder Co. line, 9768 ft., 2 UU. Salt Lake Co.: Butterfield Canyon, 7000 ft., 1 UU; Brighton, Silver Lake P. O., 8700 ft., 2 UU; Brighton, Silver Lake P. O., 8750 ft., 8 UU; Brighton, Silver Lake P. O., 9000 ft., 2 UU; Brighton, Silver Lake P. O., 9500 ft., 1 UU. Summit Co.: Jct. Bear River and East Fork, 2 CM; Smith and Morehouse Canyon, 7000 ft., 1 UU; Mirror Lake, 10,000 ft., 1 UU. Daggett Co.: Jct. Deep and Carter creeks, 7900 ft., 1 UU. Utah Co.: Nebo Mtn., 1 mi. E Payson Lake, 8300 ft., 1 UU; Nebo Mts., 12 mi. SE Payson Lake, 1 UU. Wasatch Co.: Current Creek, Uinta Mts., 1 BS; Wasatch Mts., 1 BS. Uintah Co.: Paradise Park, 21 mi. W and 15 mi. N Vernal, Uinta Mts., 10,050 ft., 2 CM, 3 KU; Paradise Park, Uinta Mts., 10,100 ft., 6 UU. Sanpete Co.: Manti, 3 BS. Sevier Co.: 7 mi. Creek, 20 mi. SE Salina, 5 CM; Fish Lake Plateau, 2 BS. Emery Co.: Lake Creek, 11 mi. E Mt. Pleasant, 4 CM. Grand Co.: Warner R. S., La Sal Mts., 9750 ft., 2 UU; La Sal Mts., 11,000 ft., 1 BS. Beaver Co.: Puffer Lake, Beaver Mts., 2 BS. Wayne Co.: Elkhorn G. S., Fish Lake Plateau, 14 mi. N Torrey, 9400 ft., 3 UU. Garfield Co.: Wildcat R. S., Boulder Mtn., 8700 ft., 6 UU; 18 mi. N Escalante, 9500 ft., 1 UU. Washington Co.: Pine Valley Mts., 7 BS. San Juan Co.: Geyer Pass, 18 mi. SSE Moab, 3 CM; Cooley, 8 mi. W Monticello, 3 CM.

COLORADO: Larimer Co.: Poudre River, 1 KU. Rio Blanco Co.: 9-1/2 mi. SW Pagoda Peak, 2 KU. Grand Co.: Arapaho Pass, Rabbit Ears Mts., 2 BS. Boulder Co.: Willow Park, Rocky Mtn. Nat'l Park, 8 UM; Longs Peak, 1 BS; 3/4 mi. N and 2 mi. W Allenspark, 8400 ft., 5 KU; Ward, 9500 ft., 1 BS; Buchanan Pass, 1 BS; 3 mi. S Ward, 1 KU; 7 mi. NW Nederland, 1 KU; 5 mi. W Boulder, 3 BS; Boulder, 3 BS, 1 ChM; Nederland, 6 BS, 4 ChM; Eldora, 1 BS. Garfield Co.: Baxter Pass, 8500 ft., 2 BS. Eagle Co.: Gores Range, 1 BS. Gilpen Co.: Black Hawk, 1 BS. Lake Co.: 3 mi. W Twin Lakes, 2 KU; 12 mi. S and 1 mi. W Leadville, 1 KU. Gunnison Co.: 2 mi. W Gothic, 2 FC; Copper Lake, 2 FC; Gothic, 1 FC. Chaffee Co.: St. Elmo, 10,100 ft., 2 BS; E side Monarch Pass, 7 mi. W Salida, 2 ChM. Teller Co.: Glen Core, Pikes Peak, 2 UM. El Paso Co.: Hunters Creek, a tributary of Bear Creek, 7250-7400 ft., 1 AMNH. Montrose Co.: Uncomphagre Plateau, 8500 ft., 3 BS. Saguache Co.: 3 mi. N and 16 mi. W Saguache, 8500 ft., 2 KU; Cochetopa Pass, 10,000 ft., 4 KU; Monshower Meadows, 27 mi. W Saguache, 2 BS. San Juan Co.: Silverton, 4 BS. Mineral Co.: 23 mi. S and 11 mi. E Creede, 1 KU. Costilla Co.: Fort Garland, 2 BS. Huerfano Co.: 5 mi. S and 1 mi. W Cuchara Camps, 8 KU.

NEW MEXICO: Taos Co.: 3 mi. N Red River, 2 BS; Taos, 1 BS. Colfax Co.: 1 mi. S and 2 mi. E Eagle Nest, 8100 ft., 2 KU. Sandoval Co.: Jemez Mts., 3 BS. Santa Fe Co.: Hyde Park, 5 mi. NE Santa Fe, 2 HC; Santa Fe Field Station, 1 HC; Santa Fe Ski Basin, 1 KU; Pecos Baldy, 4 BS. Torrance Co.: Manzano Mts., 2 BS.

Marginal Records.--ALASKA: Chandler Lake, 68 deg. 12' N, 152 deg. 45' W; Yukon River, 20 mi. above Circle; Mountains near Eagle. MACKENZIE: Nahanni River Mts.; Fort Simpson; Fort Resolution, Mission Island. ALBERTA: Wood Buffalo Park; Athabaska River, 30 mi. above Athabaska Landing. SASKATCHEWAN: Cypress Hills. MONTANA: St. Mary; 4 mi. S Fort Logan; Pryor Mts. WYOMING: 1 mi. W and 1 mi. S Buffalo, 27424 KU; Springhill, 12 mi. N Laramie Peak; 5 mi. W and 1 mi. N Horse Creek PO. COLORADO: Boulder; Hunters Creek; 5 mi. S and 1 mi. W Cuchara Camps. NEW MEXICO: 3 mi. N Red River, 10,700 ft.; Pecos Baldy; Manzano Mts.; Jemez Mts. COLORADO: Navajo River (Jackson, 1928:120); Silverton. UTAH: La Sal Mts., 11,000 ft. COLORADO: Baxter Pass. UTAH: junction Trout and Ashley Creeks, 9700 ft. (Durrant, 1952:35); Mirror Lake, 10,000 ft.; Mt. Baldy R. S. (Durrant, 1952:53); Wildcat R. S.; Pine Valley Mts.; Puffer Lake; Butterfield Canyon. IDAHO: Preuss Mts.; 4 mi. S Trude (Davis, 1939:104); head Pahsimeroi River, Pahsimeroi Mts.; Perkins Lake; 1 mi. NE Heath; 1/2 mi. E Black Lake. MONTANA: Sula; 8 mi. NE Stevensville. WASHINGTON: head Pass Creek; Conconully; Wenatchee; Easton; Stehekin; Pasayten River. BRITISH COLUMBIA: Second Summit, Skagit River, 5000 ft., (Jackson, 1928:120); Babine Mts., 6 mi. N Babine Trail, 5200 ft.; Hazleton (Jackson, 1928:120); 23 mi. N Hazleton; Flood Glacier, Stikine River (Jackson, 1928:120); Cheonee Mts. (ibid.); Level Mtn.; west side Mt. Glave, 4000 ft., 14 mi. S and 2 mi. E Kelsall Lake. ALASKA: head Toklat River; Tanana; Alatna; Bettles.

=Sorex vagrans soperi= Anderson and Rand

Sorex obscurus soperi Anderson and Rand, Canadian Field-Nat., 59:47, October 16, 1945.

Type.--Adult male, skin and skull; No. 18249, Nat. Mus. Canada; obtained on September 21, 1940, by J. Dewey Soper, from 2-1/2 mi. NW Lake Audy, Riding Mtn. Nat'l Park, Manitoba.

Range.--Southwestern Manitoba to central Saskatchewan.

Diagnosis.--Size medium to small for the species; measurements of type and two topotypes are: total length, 107, 108, 117; tail, 45, 45, 45; hind foot, 12.1, 12.3, 12.5. Color dark brownish or fuscous in summer pelage; winter pelage unknown.

Comparison.--Resembles S. v. obscurus in size; darker than obscurus in summer pelage; cranium slightly higher and top more nearly flat; larger and darker in summer pelage than the new subspecies from central Montana.

Remarks.--In their description of this subspecies Anderson and Rand pointed out that specimens from the type locality and from central Saskatchewan represent the dark extreme in a color cline which begins in south-central British Columbia with "pale, brownish-tinged animals." These authors referred shrews from Cypress Hills, southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta to S. o. soperi, although they noted that these specimens, taken by themselves, are not strikingly different from S. o. obscurus from the Rocky Mountains. The specimens from the Cypress Hills were included in soperi because the authors felt that the subspecific boundary should be drawn "where specimens average about half way between the extremes (of the cline) in characters."

It is true, as Anderson and Rand say, that the shrews from Cypress Hills are hardly separable from those from, say, Waterton Lakes Park. The specimens from the Cypress Hills are noticeably different from specimens from the Okanagan area, but some of the latter, in my opinion may represent intergrades between S. v. obscurus and the more reddish S. v. vagrans and are not, at any rate, typical obscurus. In view of the similarity of shrews from Cypress Hills to typical S. v. obscurus and since the Cypress Hills are much nearer to the range of S. v. obscurus than to the record-stations of occurrence in central Saskatchewan and Manitoba, I have chosen to restrict the name soperi to shrews from these latter two localities. Seemingly S. vagrans is absent from the plains separating the Cypress Hills from the Rocky Mountains and from Riding Mountain National Park.

Specimens examined.--none.

Marginal records.--SASKATCHEWAN: Prince Albert National Park, 1700 ft. (Anderson and Rand, 1945:48). MANITOBA: Riding Mountain National Park, 2-1/2 mi. NW Audy Lake (ibid.).

=Sorex vagrans longiquus= new subspecies

Type.--First year male, skin and skull; No. 87332, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool.; obtained on July 21, 1942, by Emmet T. Hooper from 25 mi. ESE Big Sandy, Eagle Creek, Chouteau Co., Montana, original no. 2184.

Range.--Central Montana; marginal localities are: Bearpaw Mts., Zortman, Big Snowy Mts., Buffalo, Little Belt Mts.

Diagnosis.--Size small for the species; measurements of three topotypes are: total length, 101, 105, 108; tail, 39, 40, 42; hind foot, 11.5, 11.5, 12. Color pale; summer pelage: back near (17'''k) Olive Brown but hairs of dorsum with a pale, buffy band proximal from the tips which imparts a pale over-all appearance; flanks near Wood Brown; underparts Pale Smoke Gray, usually not with a buffy wash; color of underparts often extending along margin of upper lip. Skull small for species; rostrum relatively broad and heavy; relatively broad interorbitally.

Comparisons.--From S. v. obscurus, S. v. longiquus differs as follows: size smaller; skull smaller in all dimensions although similar in proportion. From S. v. soperi, S. v. longiquus differs in: size smaller; color paler in summer pelage. From S. v. vagrans, S. v. longiquus differs in: color paler in summer pelage, less brownish; color of venter extending higher on flanks; venter Pale Smoke Gray, rarely tinged with buffy rather than usually tinged with buffy. From S. v. monticola, S. v. longiquus differs in: summer pelage slightly paler, venter Pale Smoke Gray rather than suffused with buffy.