The capture of a Merriam shrew, Sorex merriami , at Tree Springs, approximately 8,300 feet, on the east side of the Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on October 9, 1955, provides the first record of the occurrence of this species in the state. The nearest record-stations of the shrew are at Rose Peak, Greenlea County, Arizona, (Hall, Jour. Mamm., 13: …