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in size - found at Racine. S. hoyi
The big short tailed shrew is prob-
ably S. talpoides, ^{(dekayi of Aud)} though I doubt-
ingly refer some of your species
to the S. brevicaudus. of Say, as
the last one sent. Look out sharp
for the shrews and collect all
you can, as also of moles. All
the Illinois & Missouri moles
I make S. argentatus.

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J. Kennicott Brenton Collections

[written continued]
The Bassarii doubt-
less escaped from confinement.
It is often brought in as a pet.
I have one caught near Washington.

I dont know anything about
vegetable food of moles. You
must test this by experiment

I have written that you
had better not come to Wash-
ington before the middle of
October. You could do nothing
here before that, except perhaps
catch fever & ague.

Perhaps I may get out
to the West this Summer
with Mr. Baird. I want

in size - found at Racine. S. hoyi
The big short tailed shrew is prob-
ably S. talpoides, dekayi of Aud) though I doubt-
ingly refer some of your species
to the S. brevicaudus. of Say, as
the last one sent. Look out sharp
for the shrews and collect all
you can, as also of moles. All
the Illinois & Missouri moles
I make S. argentatus.

[upside down and stamped]
J. Kennicott Brenton Collections

[continued]
The Bassarii doubt-
less escaped from confinement.
It is often brought in as a pet.
I have one caught near Washington.

I dont know anything about
vegetable food of moles. You
must test this by experiment

I have written that you
had better not come to Wash-
ington before the middle of
October. You could do nothing
here before that, except perhaps
catch fever & ague.

Perhaps I may get out
to the West this Summer
with Mr. Baird. I want