Alaska: Orca, 1 BS; Montague Island, Prince William Sound, 2 BS; Yakutat, 8 BS; north shore Yakutat Bay, 2 BS; Yakutat Bay, 1 BS; E side Chilkat River, 100 ft., 9 mi. W and 4 mi. N Haines, 12 KU; 1 mi. S Haines, 5 ft., 10 KU; 7 mi. SSE Haines, 10 ft., 2 KU; N end Sullivan Island, 10 ft., 6 KU; SE end Sullivan Island, 10 ft., 2 KU; Glacier Bay, 3 BS; Mendenhall River, 1 BS; Juneau, 36 BS.
British Columbia: Sheslay River, 1 AMNH; headwaters Sheslay River, 1 AMNH.
Marginal Records.—Alaska: Valdez Narrows, Prince William Sound (Jackson, 1928:128); north shore Yakutat Bay; east side Chilkat River, 100 ft., 9 mi. W and 4 mi. N Haines. British Columbia: Sheslay River (Jackson, 1928:128). ALASKA: Juneau; Glacier Bay; Montague Island, Prince William Sound (ibid.); Port Nell Juan (ibid.).
Sorex vagrans shumaginensis Merriam
Sorex alascensis shumaginensis Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 2:18, March 14, 1900.
[Sorex glacialis] shumaginensis, Elliott, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 45, zool. ser. 2:373, 1901.
Sorex obscurus shumaginensis, Allen, Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist., 16:228, July 12, 1902.
Type.—Adult male, skin and skull; No. 97993, U. S. Biol. Surv. Coll.; obtained on July 17, 1899, by De Alton Saunders from Popof Island, Shumagin Islands, Alaska. (Measured by C. Hart Merriam and numbered 2210 in A. K. Fisher's catalog.)
Range.—Southwestern Alaska from Seward Peninsula southeasterly to western part of Kenai Peninsula and southwesterly to the southwestern end of the Alaskan Peninsula.
Diagnosis.—Size medium to small for the species; average and extreme measurements of 6 specimens from King Cove, Alaska, are: total length, 112.7 (107-118); tail, 48.3 (45-52); hind foot, 13.8 (13-14). Tending toward the development of a tricolor pattern, the back darkest, the sides buffy, and the venter paler.