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exceeding in length the head and body, and terminating in a whitish tip 

 of half an inch long. 



Length, head and body, 3 inches ; tail, 3|. 



This shrew is stated to be from Nepal. As a MSS. name, nivicola, 

 was also given it by Hodgson, it is to be presumed that he obtained it 

 at a great elevation. 



77. Sorex soccatus. 

 Hodgson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. XV. 270.— Not of Cal. J. N. H.— 

 Blyth, J. A. S. XXIV. 30.— Cat. 249. 



The 'Hairy-footed Shrew. 



Descr. — Distinguished, according to Hodgson, by its feet being clad 

 with fvir down to the nails, by its depressed head and tumid, bulging 

 cheeks ; ears, large, exposed ; colour, a uniform soi'did or brownish- 

 slaty hue. 



Length, head and body, 3^ inches ; tail, 2| ; foot, -^ths. 



Blyth states that it has a considerable resemblance to S. serpentarius, 

 but is a good deal darker, with well-clad feet and tail, head and limbs 

 proportionally larger ; tail compressed towards the tip, which is fur- 

 nished wifeh a pencil tuft of stiffish hairs. One measured, head and 

 body, 5 inches ; tail, 3. 



This species has been found in Nepal, Sikim, and also at Mussoorie. 

 I procured it at Darjeeling. 



The remaining species of this section are of diminutive size. 



78. Sorex Hodgsoni. 



Blyth, J. A. S. XXIV. 334. — Cat. 257. — K pygmcem di\m(\. Hodgson. 

 The Nepal Pigmy-shrew. 



Descr. — Uniform brown with a slight tinge of chesnut, and scarcely 

 paler below ; feet and tail, distinctly furred, besides the usual scattered 

 long hairs in the latter ; claws, whitish and conspicuous ; tail, brown 

 above, pale beneath, tapering evenly throughout. 



Length, head and body, 1| inch ; tail, 1 ; hind foot, \\. Hodgson 

 gives larger dimensions — head and body, nearly 2 ; tail, 1^^ ; foot, f ths. 



This little shrew has been found in Nepal and Sikim. Hodgson states 

 that it dwells in coppices and fields, rai'ely entering houses, and that it 

 has no musky smell. 



