Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 53 
Nepal, S. n. caurinus from Cumaon, 7600 feet, and S. n. pahari 
from Sikkim, between 8000 and 12,300 feet. The three races 
have the tail proportionately a little longer than in typical 
nigrescens. The dimensions of S. n. nigrescens are: head and 
body 3% inches, length of tail 1% inches, hind foot % inch. 
A smaller series of Soriculus in which the tail is a very little 
shorter than the head and body is typified by S. sacratus of 
Szechwan, 6000 feet. In this species the head and body measure 
2% inches, the tail 2% inches, the hind foot % to % inch. Two 
more Shrews, closely related to sacratus, are S. s. umbrinus of 
Yunnan, 7000 feet, and S. gracilicauda of Sikkim. Their dimen- 
sions are substantially the same as those of S. sacratus. In S. s. 
umbrinus the tail is dark beneath as well as above. Probably 
S. minor from Manipur is related to the above Shrews. 
In northeastern Burma, S. s. umbrinus is found in damp 
situations near streams between 4000 and 6000 feet. It has been 
taken in second growths of brambles and bracken. In Tonkin 
it came from 10,000 feet. 
The only species of Soriculus known from Formosa, 8000 
feet, S. fumidus, is probably an offshoot of the nigrescens 
group. The dimensions are: head and body 2% inches, tail 
2 inches, hind foot % inch. 
Soriculus caudatus is a species in which the length of head 
and body and the length of the tail are equal — approximately 
2% inches. Like most other species it is brownish black. It 
comes originally from Sikkim and Darjiling and has been 
reported from Assam and Burma. 
The Southern Large-clawed Shrew, Soriculus radulus, 
from Mishmi Hills, 5000 feet, and northern Burma, is chiefly 
distinguished by the relatively large size of the claws of the fore- 
feet. It seems to bear the same relation to Soricidus that the 
northern Sorex unguiculatus of Siberia bears to the other 
species of Sorex. The color is brownish black above, smoky 
brown beneath, with tail black, scarcely lighter beneath, and 
