Specimens examined.—Total number, 151.
Alaska: Wrangell, 54 BS; 8 AMNH; Crittenden Creek, 1 BS; Ketchikan, 2 BS; Loring, 11 BS.
British Columbia: Port Simpson, 25 BS; Inverness, 15 BS; head of Rivers Inlet, 35 BS.
Marginal Records.—British Columbia: Great Glacier, Stikine River (Jackson, 1928:133). Alaska: Burroughs Bay (ibid.). British Columbia: Bella Coola region (Anderson, 1947:19); head of Rivers Inlet; Spider Island (Cowan, 1941:101); Goose Island (Cowan, 1941:99); Princess Royal Island (Cowan, 1941:98); Pitt Island (ibid.); Metlakatla (Jackson, 1928:133); Port Simpson. Alaska: Gravina Island (ibid.); Helm Bay (ibid.); Etolin Island (ibid.); Sergeif Island, mouth of Stikine River (ibid.); Sumdum Village (ibid.); Port Snettisham (ibid.).
Sorex vagrans mixtus Hall
Sorex obscurus mixtus Hall, American Nat., 72:462, September 10, 1938.
Type.—Adult male, skin and skull; No. 70376, Mus. Vert. Zool.; obtained on May 4, 1936, by R. A. Cumming, from Vanada, Texada Island, Georgia Strait, British Columbia.
Range.—Known only from the type locality.
Diagnosis.—Size medium; average and extreme measurements of 5 specimens from the type locality are: total length, 111 (108-117); tail, 48 (44-49); hind foot, 12 (12-13) (Hall, 1938:463).
Comparisons.—Color much as in S. v. setosus or S. v. isolatus; palate longer than that of isolatus or setosus; hind foot shorter than either; smaller than S. v. longicauda.