sete) MaAmMALIA OF INDIA. 
which is even Jlackish underneath ; fur blackish-brown above, a little 
tinged rufescent, and with dark greyish underneath; the feet and tail 
conspicuously furred, beside the scattered long hairs upon the latter.” 
—Bhyth. 
This species was détermined by Blyth on a single specimen, which 
was found without its head, impaled by some shnke upon a thorn at 
Cherrapunji. The same thing occasionally occurs in England, when 
the common shrew may be found impaled by the rufous-backed shrike 
(Lanius collurio). 
SUB-GENUS SORICULUS (Blyth). 
The foregoing species being of the zAite-toothed variety (with the 
exception of .S. meanodon, which, however, exhibits coloration deci- 
dedly the veverse of the following type), we now come to the shrews 
with teeth tipped with a darker colour; the dentition is as in the 
restricted shrews, with the peculiarity of colour above mentioned. The 
hind feet of ordinary proportions, unadapted for aquatic habits, and 
the tail slender and tapering, like that of a mouse, instead of being 
cylindrical with a stiff brush at the end. 
No. 145. SORICULUS NIGRESCENS. 
The Mouse-tailed Shrew (Jerdon’s No. 82). 
HABITAT.—Sikim and Nepal. 
DescripTion.—‘“ Above dark-blackish or blackish-brown, slightly 
tinged rufescent, and with a silvery cast in certain lights; beneath 
greyish-black” (Jerdon). Feet and claws pale; tail slender, straight 
and naked. 
SizE.—Head and body, 3+ inches ; tail, 14 inch; hind foot, 3 inch. 
Jerdon says that Kellaart named an allied species from Ceylon Corsira 
newera ellia, but I have not been able to find it in his ‘ Prodromus 
Faunze Zeylanice, nor elsewhere. 
GENUS CROSSOPUS (Wagner). 
The hind feet large ; the lower surface, as also of the tail, fringed with 
stiff hairs ; tail somewhat compressed towards the tip ; habits aquatic. 
No. 146. Crossopus HIMALAICUS. 
The Himalayan Water-Shrew (Jerdon’s No. 83). 
NativE Names.—Oong lagniyu, Lepcha ; Choopitsi, Bhot. 
~ Hapitat.—Darjeeling. 
