California mammals . and it is proibable that they follow the runspartly in pursuit of mice, and partly because these runs are goodhunting grounds for insects. Dusky Shrews are quite similarto Wandering Shrews in color, but Lhey are larger, with longerskull and the molariformi teeth are larger. Sorex montereyensis Merriam. (Of Monterey.) MONTEREY SHREW. Summer pelage; above seal brown with a fewi long gray-tipped hairs intermixed; below light sepia; tail bicolor, sepiaabove, dull white below. Winter pelage; above slate black; be-low dull plumbeous brown. Length about 120 mm. ( inches; tail
California mammals . and it is proibable that they follow the runspartly in pursuit of mice, and partly because these runs are goodhunting grounds for insects. Dusky Shrews are quite similarto Wandering Shrews in color, but Lhey are larger, with longerskull and the molariformi teeth are larger. Sorex montereyensis Merriam. (Of Monterey.) MONTEREY SHREW. Summer pelage; above seal brown with a fewi long gray-tipped hairs intermixed; below light sepia; tail bicolor, sepiaabove, dull white below. Winter pelage; above slate black; be-low dull plumbeous brown. Length about 120 mm. ( inches; tail vertebrae 51 (2) ;hind foot (.57). 252 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. Type locality, Monterey, California. Monterey Shrews are found in the coast region from SanLuis Obispo to Oregon, and on the west slope of the Sierra Ne-vada. They probably frequent damp forests. I caught one inthe redwoods in Mendocino County in a meat-baited trap set atthe end of a log, where a mouse in a trap bad [been partly eatenthe previous Monterey Shrew. Nearly life size. Sorex ornatus Merriam. (Adorned.) ADORNED SHREW. Summer pelage; above ash gray; below whitish; this colorspreading well up the sides; tail dark, paler at the base pelage; a patch of darker hairs on the hips and rump. Length about 105 mm. ( inches); tail vertebrae 43(); hind foot (.50). Type locality, Mount Pinos, Ventura County, California. The Adorned Shrew is known only from the mountains ofsouthern California, and is apparently rare. I found two deadnear Santa Ysabel, San Diego County, apparently having beencaught by a cat and dropped. Cats will not eat shrews or molesbecause of their disagreeable odor. Sorex califomicus Me;rriam. CALIFORNIA SHREW. Small; ears conspicuous; skull small and flat; above ashgray with a decided pepper and salt appearance; belowplumbeous tipped with whitish. SORECID^ 253 Length about 93 mm. ( inches); tail vertebrae 35(); hind foot (.45). Type locality, Walnut C
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