. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1982 KiRKLAND AND SCHMIDT: SMALL MAMMALS 157 divided between the mammal collections of the Fish and Wildlife Service, National Museum of Natural History, Washington (BS) and the Vertebrate Museum, Shippensburg State College (SSC). Localities Sampled Eight localities in Nova Scotia and two in New Brunswick were sampled, as follows (numbers pre- ceeding parentheses are referenced in Table 1): NOVA SCOTIA: 1) Colchester Co., Truro, km N, km W, West North Creek, altitude 245 m; 2) Col- chester Co., Truro, km N, km E, altitude 120 m; 3) Cumber
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1982 KiRKLAND AND SCHMIDT: SMALL MAMMALS 157 divided between the mammal collections of the Fish and Wildlife Service, National Museum of Natural History, Washington (BS) and the Vertebrate Museum, Shippensburg State College (SSC). Localities Sampled Eight localities in Nova Scotia and two in New Brunswick were sampled, as follows (numbers pre- ceeding parentheses are referenced in Table 1): NOVA SCOTIA: 1) Colchester Co., Truro, km N, km W, West North Creek, altitude 245 m; 2) Col- chester Co., Truro, km N, km E, altitude 120 m; 3) Cumberland Co., Oxford, km S, km E, Sugarloaf Mountain, altitude 240 m; 4) Inverness Co., Margaree Valley, km N, km E, altitude 130 m; 5) Kings Co., Kentville, km N, km W, Canada Creek, altitude 45 m; 6) Kings Co., Kentville, km N, km W, altitude 30 m; 7) Pictou Co., Trenton, km E, altitude 160 m; 8) Victoria Co., Englishtown, km SE, SE slope Kel- ly's Mountain, altitude 100 m. NEW BRUNSWICK: 9) Albert Co., Riverside-Albert, km N, km W, altitude 140 m; 10) Albert Co., Riverside-Albert, km N, km W, altitude 200 m. These localities are represented by the corresponding numbers in Figure 1. Results and Discussion Shrews — Soricidae Shrews comprised of the small mammals collected (Table 1). The Smoky Shrew (^orex/uweu^) was the most abundant of the five species of soricids and was captured at 8 of 10 localities sampled. It was not taken at the two localities on Cape Breton Island. Figure \. Map of the 10 sampling localities in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Localities are represented by circles; reference points used in locality descriptions are represented by triangles. Numbers are those used in Localities Sampled Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resembl
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