TALPIDJ!. CROCIDURA. 115 



CORSIRA. 



The Blackish Shbew. Corsira nigrescens. 



•a. Skull. India. 



Corsira alpina. 



Blasius, Faun. Wirb. Deutschl. p. 124. fig. 82, 1857. 



*a, b. Skulls. St. Gothard. Presented by M. de Selys Longchamps. 

 *c. Skull. Helvetia. 

 *d. Skull. St. Gothard. 

 *e. Skull. Switzerland. 



The Erdshrew. Corsira vulgaris. 



Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 124. 



Sorex vulgaris, Blasius, Faun. Wirb. Deutschl. p. 124. fig. 83, p. 129. 



fig. 86 (skull), 1857. 

 Sorex constrictus, Geoff. St.-Hil, Mem. du Mus. i. pi. 15. fig. 7 (skull). 

 Amphisorex nermann, Duvernoy, Mem. de la Soc. d'Hist. Nat. de 



Strasbourg, ii. pi. 2. fig. 7 (skull). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 3 



Caudal 14 



a. Skull. England. Presented by Mr. E. Gerrard. 



6. Skeleton. Stratford-on-Avon. Presented by It. F. Tomes, Esq. 



e. Skeleton. England. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



d. Skeleton. England. From Mr. Daniel's Collection. 



e. Skull. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



The Tropical Shreav. Corsira tropicalis. 

 *«. Skull. Coban, S. America. 



The Rustic Shrew. Corsira rustica. 

 *a. Skull. St. Gothard. 



CROCIDURA. 



The White-bellied Shrew. Crocidura leucodon. 

 filasiits, Faun. Wirb. Deutschl. pp. 138, 140. figs. 90, 93, 1857. 

 Skull. From M. Sundevall's Collection. 



Crocidura sacralis. 



Peters, Naturw. Beise nach Mossambique, Saugth. i. p. 82. pi. 18. 

 fig. 3 a (skull), pi. 22. fig. 24 (skull). 



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