Excerpt from Revision of the Shrews of the American Genera Blarina and Notiosorex; The Long-Tailed Shrews of the Eastern United States; Synopsis of the American Shrews of the Genus Sorex The Short-tailed Shrews of America belong to two genera - Blurinu and N otiosorex. Of the former, 14 alleged species have been described; of the latter, only 2. Respecting the status and geographic ranges Of these species much confusion exists. In order to obtain authentic information on these points the Department has made a special effort to secure large series of specimens, and has sent trained collectors to most of the original type localities of the forms that have been named. Moreover, one of the field naturalists of the Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy, Mr. E. W. Nelson, while conducting biological explora tions in Mexico, has obtained a number of new species. As a result, upward of 600 specimens of the United States species and more than 200 of the Mexican Species are now before me.1 Either the original types, or duplicate types obtained from the original type localities, of all the United States and Mexican Species have been examined. The conclusions derived from a study of this material are embodied in the present paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.