SOREX. 87 
No. 1382. SOREX LEUCOPS. 
The Long-tailed Shrew (Jerdon’s No. 76). 
Hasitat.—Nepal. 
DESCRIPTION.— Uniform blackish-brown colour; tail very long and 
slender,’exceeding in length the head and body, terminating in a whitish 
‘tip of half an inch long. 
S1zE.—Head and body, 3 inches; tail, 25 inches. Jerdon supposes 
that it is found at great altitudes, from Hodgson having in another place 
described it (MSS.) under the name wzvicola. 
No. 1383. SOREX SOCCATUS. 
The Hairy-footed Shrew (Jerdon’s No. 77). 
Hapitat.—Nepal, Sikim, Mussoorie. 
Description.—According to Hodgson, nearly the size of S. xemori- 
vagus, “but distinguished by its feet being clad with fur down to the 
nails, and by its depressed head and tumid bulging cheeks (mystaceal 
region) ; ears large and exposed ; colour a uniform sordid or brownish- 
slaty blue, extending to the clad extremities ; snout to rump, 33 inches ; 
tail, 25 inches; planta, +2 inch. This animal was caught in a wood 
plentifully watered, but not near the water. It had no musky smell 
when brought to me dead.” 
No. 134. SoOREX MONTANUS. 
The Ceylon Black Shrew. 
Hapitat.—Ceylon, mountainous parts. 
DEscRIPTION.—“‘ Fur above sooty black without any ferruginous 
smear, beneath lighter coloured ; whiskers long, silvery grey; some 
parts of legs and feet greyish, clothed with adpressed hairs ; claws short, 
whitish ; ears large, round, naked; outer margin lying on a level with 
the fur of the head and neck, the ears being thus concealed posteriorly ; 
tail tetragonal, tapering, shorter than head and body.”—X¢elaarz. 
S1zE.—Head and body, 3? inches; tail, 24 inches ; hind feet, 4 inch. 
No. 135. SOREX FERRUGINEUS. 
The Ceylon Rufescent Shrew. 
Hasirat.—Ceylon, Dimboola, below Newara Elia. 
DeEscrIpTion.—‘ Colour uniform dusky or dusky slate, with the tips 
of the fur rufescent ; fur long; large sebaceous anal glands ; smell very 
powerful.” —Xe/aart. ‘ 
SIZE.—Head and body, 32 inches; tail, 24} inches. 
