44 Professor MacGillivray on the Mammalia of the 
This species, which is considerably larger than Sorex fodiens, from 
which it differs also in colour, may yet be described in almost the same 
terms. The body is subcylindrical, rather full; the head oblong-coni- 
cal, one-third of the length, excluding the tail, which is of the same 
length as the body, excluding the head; the snout long, tapering, de- 
pressed, projecting far beyond the jaws, emarginate at the tip, grooved 
beneath ; the ears short, rounded, with an internal upper rounded lobe, 
and another at the lower part ; the eyes very small; the feet short, ra- 
ther strong; the anterior, with the first toe a little shorter than the 
fifth, the rest nearly equal, but the third longest ; the sole bare, with six 
tubercles; the claws slender, compressed, slightly arched, acute; the 
hind feet longer, with the first toe much shorter than the fifth, the rest 
much longer, the second shorter than the third and fourth, which are 
about equal; the sole bare, with six tubercles, the claws stouter than 
those of the fore feet; the tarsi and toes are all ciliated with stiffish 
hairs ; the tail is square at the base, gradually compressed at the end, 
scaly, and covered with short, adpressed hairs, ciliated beneath with a 
ridge of stiffish oblique hairs, gradually becoming longer, and forming a 
point, the organ suggesting the idea of an oar. 
The snout is black above, dusky flesh-coloured beneath; the eyes 
black ; the fur, which is soft, close, and velvety, like that of a mole, is, 
on the upper parts, black, with the hairs bluish at the base ; on the lower 
parts black, mixed with grey, and tinged with brown; the throat and 
lower lip reddish-brown ; the long spreading bristles on the snout are 
black ; a tuft of whitish hairs from the upper anterior lobe of the ear; 
the feet dusky, the marginal hairs tinged with brown, as are those of 
the tail. 
Canine teeth }, anterior molar 4, molar 4 = $ = 80. 
In the upper jaw, the canine tooth bilobate, with the basal lobe com- 
pressed, obtuse, the terminal lobe much elongated, obliquely compres- 
sed, decurved in the fourth of a circle, obtuse, but thin-edged at the 
end, curved inward, the two almost meeting near the tip. First small 
molar tooth anteriorly conical, obtuse, larger than the basal lobe of the 
canine, and projecting beyond its level; the second similar, but consi- 
derably less, and retiring ; the third still smaller, and more retiring, but 
similar; the fourth, minute. The first grinder large, with two anterior 
external conical, rather acute, prominences ; the second larger, and a 
thin-edged ridge behind, terminating in a slight prominence in contact 
with the next tooth; a little behind the anterior lobe, internally, is a 
small lobe, and, nearly in a line with these two, an internal less-elevated 
lobe, running out behind. The second grinder with three external lobes, 
two internal terminating the transverse grooves between the outer lobes, 
and two inner lobes or oblique protuberances within. The third grinder 
with three external, nearly equal, lobes, two internal lobes terminating 
the grooves, and two obtuse protuberances within. The fourth grinder 
very small, transverse, with the crown irregularly concave, and two 
small prominences, the one anterior and external, the other posterior 
and thin. 
In the lower jaw, the canine tooth nearly horizontal, slender, ob- 
liquely compressed, thin-edged, with a slight lobe or festoon near the 
base, the tip a little ascending, obtuse, but thin-edged. First small 
molar tooth compressed, thin-edged, with an anterior elevated, obtuse, 
thin lobe; second compressed, thin-edged, with an anterior elevated, 
obtuse, thin lobe. First grinder largest, with an anterior, two external, 
and two internal points; the first external point largest, the second 
similar. The second and third are much smaller, but similar. 
The teeth are white, but with the tips brownish-red ; the outermost 
