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No. 186. SOREX GRIFFITHI. 
The Large Black Shrew. 
Hapitat.—Khasia hills and Arracan. 
DeEscriIPpTIon.— Deep blackish-brown, with a slight rufous reflection 
in a certain light; fur short, close, soft, and adpressed ; tail thick at the 
base, with a few long very slender straggling hairs along its entire’ 
length ; ears small and rounded ; snout elongated.”—orsfidd. 
SizE.—Head and body, 52 inches; tail, 23. inches. 
Horsfield puts this down as having been found in Afghanistan by 
Griffiths, but this is an error owing to Griffiths’ Afghanistan and Khasia 
collections having got mixed up. 
No. 137. SOREX HETERODON. 
HasitTat.—Khasia hills. 
DEscRIPTION.—“ Very similar to S. soccatus in general appearance, 
but less dark coloured, with shorter fur, and pale instead ‘of blackish 
feet and tail underneath ; the feet too are broader, especially the hind 
feet, and they have a hairy patch below the heel” (B47¢z). The skull 
is narrower, and the upper incisors less strongly hooked. 
GENUS FEROCULUS. 
Teeth small; upper incisors shorter and less strongly hooked than in 
restricted Sorex; posterior spur large; lower incisors serrated with 
three coronal points. Feet very large. 
No. 138. FEROCULUS MACROPUS. 
The Large-footed Shrew. 
-Hasitat.—Ceylon. 
DeEscrIPrion.—Fur, long, soft uniform blackish-faint rufescent tinge. 
S1zE.—Head and body 4% inches ; tail 24. 
The following species are of a more diminutive type, and are 
commonly called “ pigmy-shrews ;” in other respects they are true 
shrews. 
No. 139. SoREX HoDGSONI. 
The Nepal Pigmy-Shrew (Jerdon’s No. 78). 
HapiTat.—Nepal and Sikim. 
DeEscRIPTION.—Brown, with a slight tinge of chestnut; feet and tail 
furred ; claws white. 
