Part 7

Specimens examined.--Total number, 65. OREGON: Lincoln Co.: type locality, 2 AW. Benton Co.: Philomath, 2 BS. Lane Co.: Mable, 1 OU; Vida, 4 BS, 1 OSC, 3 OU; McKenzie Bridge, 8 OSC, 3 AW, 17 OU, 2 SGJ; Mercer, 1 OSC, 1 OU; Mapleton, 3 BS; Oakridge, 11 OU. Douglas Co.: Gardiner, 2 BS; Elkhead, 1 BS. Klamath Co.: Crescent Lake, 3 OU.

Marginal Records.--OREGON: Yaquina Bay; Philomath; McKenzie Bridge; Prospect (Jackson, 1928:140); Crescent Lake; Gardiner.

=Sorex vagrans bairdi= Merriam

Sorex bairdi Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 10:77, December 31, 1895.

Sorex obscurus bairdi, Jackson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 31:127, November 29, 1918.

Type.--Adult female, skin and skull; No. 17414/24318, U. S. Biol. Surv. Coll.; obtained on August 2, 1889, by T. S. Palmer, from Astoria, Clatsop Co., Oregon.

Range.--Northwestern Oregon, south to Otis and east to Portland.

Diagnosis.--Size medium for the species; average and extreme external measurements of 6 specimens from the type locality are: total length, 126.3 (124-130); tail, 55.0 (52-57); hind foot, 15.0 (14-15). Color Fuscous to Sepia in summer, darker in winter, underparts buffy.

Comparisons.--For comparisons with yaquinae see account of that subspecies. More reddish and larger than permiliensis with which bairdi intergrades to the east; specimens from Portland show evidence of such intergradation. Some specimens from southern Tillamook County show an approach to yaquinae.

Remarks.--S. v. bairdi lives primarily in forests as do yaquinae and pacificus.

Specimens examined.--Total number, 39. OREGON: Clatsop Co.: type locality, 12 BS; Seaside, 3 BS. Tillamook Co.: Netarts, 1 OU; Tillamook, 2 OSC; Blaine, 1 AW; Hebo Lake, 1 SGJ; 5 mi. SW Cloverdale, 1 AW. Multnomah Co.: Portland, 6 USNM. Lincoln Co.: Otis, 7 USNM; Delake, 1 KU. Lane Co.: north slope Three Sisters, 6000 ft., 4 BS.

Marginal Records.--OREGON: type locality; Portland; north slope Three Sisters; Taft (Macnab and Dirks, 1941:178).

=Sorex vagrans permiliensis= Jackson

Sorex obscurus permiliensis Jackson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 31:128, November 29, 1918.

Type.--Adult male, skin and skull; No. 91048, U. S. Biol. Surv. Coll.; obtained on October 2, 1897, by J. A. Loring from Permilia Lake, W base Mt. Jefferson, Cascade Range, Marion Co., Oregon.

Range.--The Cascade Mountains of Oregon from Mt. Jefferson north to the Columbia River.

Diagnosis.--Size medium for the species; average and extreme measurements of 14 specimens from the type locality are: total length, 117.7 (110-124); tail, 51.9 (45-58); hind foot, 14.0 (14-15). Pale reddish in summer, darker and brownish in winter.

Comparisons.--For comparison with S. v. bairdi see account of that subspecies. Larger than S. v. setosus except tail relatively shorter. More reddish in summer pelage than setosus.

Remarks.--S. v. bairdi is larger in the southern part of its range than elsewhere. Specimens from McKenzie Bridge, herein referred to yaquinae, are intermediate in character between yaquinae and bairdi or between yaquinae and permiliensis. The transition between yaquinae and bairdi is much more gradual than between yaquinae and permiliensis.

Specimens examined.--Total number, 21. OREGON: Hood River Co.: Mt. Hood, 2 BS. Wasco Co.: Camas Prairie, E base Cascade Mts., SE Mt. Hood, 1 BS. Marion Co.: Detroit, 1 BS; type locality, 17 BS.

Marginal Records.--OREGON: Mt. Hood; type locality; Detroit.

=Sorex vagrans setosus= Elliott

Sorex setosus Elliott, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 32, zool. ser. 1:274, May 19, 1899.

Sorex obscurus setosus, Jackson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 31:127, November 29, 1918.

Type.--Adult male, skin and skull; No. 6213/238, Chicago Nat. Hist. Mus.; obtained on August 18, 1898, by D. G. Elliott from Happy Lake, Olympic Mts., Clallam Co., Washington.

Range.--Washington from the Cascades west; southwestern British Columbia west of 120 deg. W Longitude north to Lund.

Diagnosis.--Size medium for the species; average and extreme measurements of 20 specimens from the Olympic Mountains, Washington, are: total length, 117.3 (107-125); tail, 49.8 (41-54); hind foot, 13.4 (12-14). Color dark in both summer and winter.

Comparisons.--For comparison with permiliensis see account of that subspecies. Darker, longer-tailed, and somewhat larger cranially than S. v. obscurus with which it intergrades in southwestern British Columbia. Smaller in all dimensions, but much the same color as S. v. longicauda with which it intergrades along the British Columbian coast north of Lund. Larger, darker, less reddish, and longer-tailed than the sympatric S. v. vagrans.