86 MAMMALIA OF INDIA. 
Fur short ashy-brown, with a ferruginous smear on the upper surface ; 
beneath a little paler coloured (Ke//aart), Teeth and limbs small ; tail 
slender. 
S1zE.—Head and body about 43 inches ; tail, 2 inches ; skull, 133, inch. 
The smell of this musk shrew is said by Kellaart, who names it S. 
Kandianus, to be quite as powerful as that of S. caerulescens. Blyth 
seems to think that this animal gets more rufescent with age, judging 
from two examples sent from Mergui. By some oversight, I suppose, 
he has not included this species in his ‘Catalogue of the Mammals of 
Burmah.’ 
No. 129. SOREX SATURATIOR. 
The Dark Brown Shrew (Jerdon’s No. 73). 
Hapsitat.— Darjeeling. 
DEScCRIPTION.—‘‘ Colour uniform deep brown, inclining to blackish, 
with a very slight rufescent shade; fur short, with an admixture of a 
few lengthened piles, when adpressed to the body smooth, but reversed 
somewhat harsh and rough; tail cylindrical, long, gradually tapering ; 
mouth elongated, regularly attenuated, ears moderate, rounded.” 
Size.—Head and body, 52 inches ; tail, 3 inches. 
Jerdon seems to think this is the same as S. Griffithi or closely allied ; 
I cannot say anything about this, as I have no personal knowledge of 
the species, but on comparison with the description of S. Grifithi 
(which see further on) I should say they were identical. 
“No. 130. Sorex TYTLERI 
The Dehra Shrew ( Jerdon’s No. 74). 
Hapitat.—Dehra Doon. 
DescripTion.— Light rufescent sandy brown, paler beneath ; 
unusually well clad even on the feet and tail, this last being covered 
with shortish fur having numerous long hairs intermixed; form very 
robust; basal portion of tail very thick.” 
S1zE.—Head and body, 43 inches ; tail, 22 inches ; hind foot, 7 inch. 
No. 131. SOREX NIGER. 
The Neilgherry Wood Shrew (Jerdon’s No. 75). 
Hapirat.—Ootacamund, Neilgherry hills. 
DescriPTion.—* Blackish-brown, with a rufescent shade on the upper 
parts; abdomen greyish; tail equal in length to the entire animal, 
exclusive of the head, gradually tapering to a point; snout greatly 
attenuated. Length of head and body, 3} inches ; of the tail, 23 inches.” 
—Lorsfield. 
