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thinly clad with short bristly hairs. Ears hairy, partially hidden 

 in the fur. The second upper incisor is distinctly larger than the 

 third, which again exceeds the canine. 



Colour brown, blackish to reddish, basal portion of fur dark 

 leaden black. 



Dimensions. Snout to veut, in one specimen, 2-46 inches, tail 

 2-57 ; in another- 2-35 and 2-15 ; hind foot 0-52 ; basal length of 

 skull 0-66. According to Hodgson's measurements some indi- 

 viduals are as much as 3 inches from snout to vent. 



Distribution. Sikhim, near Darjiling, and in the interior of the 

 hills, but not, as Jerdon supposed, at a great elevation, the locality 

 Kedam, whence, in Hodgson's MS. notes, S. leusops is said to have 

 been brought, being only 6000 feet above the sea. 



116. Soriculus macrurus. The lonj-tailed Shrew. 



Sorex macrurus, Hodgson, Cat. Mam. $c. Nepal 8f Tibet E. M. 2nd 

 ed. 1803, p. 9 (no description). 



Body and limbs slender. Muzzle hairy, well clad. Limbs thinly 

 furred. Tail round, thin, very long, about half as long again as 

 the head and body together, thinly clad with short hair. Bars 

 hairy, partially concealed by the fur, which is long and soft. 



Second upper incisor distinctly larger than the third, which 

 exceeds the canine in size in about the same proportion. Anterior 

 upper premolar very small. 



Colour uniform blackish brown, basal portion of hairs slaty. 



Dimensions of an adult male from Darjiling : snout to vent 2*1 

 inches, tail 3-4, hind foot 0-57, ear from orifice 0-28, basal length 

 of skull 0-58. Hodgson gives measurements of larger individuals, 

 one 2-75 inches from snout to vent, tail 3'75, another 2-5 and 3-75. 



Distribution. The types came from Darjiling ; I once picked up 

 in the station a dead specimen, that of which the measurements 

 are given above. Hodgson's types appear to be lost, but his 

 drawings and notes are sufficient for identification. 



Genus CROCIDURA, Wagler, 1832. 

 Sj'n. Pachyura, Selys-Longcliamps ; Ferocuhts, Kelaart. 



The bead is long, the snout pointed, the sides of the muzzle 

 more or less swollen and covered with numerous long vibrisste ; 

 the nostrils open laterally. The eyes are small and nearer to the 

 orifice of the ear than to the end of the snout. Ears of consider- 

 able size. The tail is well developed, and in most species tapering 

 and clothed with short hairs, amongst which are scattered much 

 longer hairs. 



On each side of the body there is a gland varying greatly in 

 development in different species, and absent in the females of some. 

 The orifice of this gland is surrounded by short stiff hairs directed 



