SOREX. 89 
S1zE.—Head and body 14 inch; tail, 1 inch. 
Found in coppices and fields ; rarely entering houses. 
No. 140. Sorex PERROTETI. 
The Neilgherry Pigmy-Shrew (Jerdon’s No. 79). 
Hasitat.—Neilgherry hills, probably also other parts of Southern 
India. 
DESCRIPTION.—“ Back deep blackish-brown ; belly pale ; limbs and 
feet brown ; palms and plantze clad with hairs; ears large, conspicuous.” 
SizeE.—Head and body, 14% inch; tail, +3 inch. 
No. 141. SOREX MICRONYX. 
The Small-clawed Pigmy-Shrew (Jerdon’s No. 80). 
Hasitat.—West Himalayas, Kumaon, Mussoorie. 
DESCRIPTION.—Claws very minute, with fine hairs impending them, 
only to be detected by a lens; fur paler and more chestnut-brown than 
any other of these minute shrews, and more silvery below. 
Size.—Head and body, 12 inch; tail 1} inch. 
No. 142. SoOREX MELANODON. 
The Black-toothed Pigmy-Shrew ( Jerdon’s No, 81). 
HasitTat.—Calcutta. 
DescriPTion.—Called melanodon from the remarkable colouring of . 
its teeth, which are piceous and white-tipped; colour uniforin fuscous, 
scarcely paler beneath. 
SizE.—Head and body, 12 inch; tail, 1); inch. 
No, 148. SOREX NUDIPES. 
The Naked-footed Shrew. 
Hapitat.—Tenasserim. 
DescripTion.—‘‘ Remarkable for its naked feet and very large ears ; 
also for the odoriferous glands on the sides being strongly developed, 
whereas we can detect them in no other of these minute species” 
(2th). Colour brown above, a little grizzled and glistening, more 
silvery below. 
SizE.—Head and body, 1# inch ; tail, 1,4; inch. 
No, 144. SoREX ATRATUS. 
The Llack Pigmy-Shrew. 
Hasitat.—Khasia hills. 
DescripTion.— Very dark colour, extending over the feet and tail 
