234 SOBICIDJE. 



Sores muriniHjSerpentarius, soccatus, nemori vagus, hsterodon, niger, 



ferrugineus, and montanus, Rlyth, J. A. S. It. xxiv, pp. 28-32* 

 S,>rex serpentarim, viridesceas, soccatus, anJtytleri, Blyth,J. A. S. B. 



xxviii, pp. 284, 285. 

 Sorex albinus, muriuus, griffithii, serpentarius, soccatus, hetjrodon, 



and niger, filyth, Cat. pp. 83, 84. 

 Sorex murinus, nemori vagus, serpeutarius, saturatior, tytleri, niger, 



and soccatus, Jerdon, Mam. pp. 54, 55, 56, 57. 

 Crocudura(Pachyura) blythii,pealiana,a/^blanfordii, Anderson, J. A. 



S. B. xlvi, pt. 2, pp. 21J4-209. 

 Cro^idura muriua and montana ?, Anderson, Cat. pp. 180, 193. 



Fig. 65. Crocidura murina. (From a drawing by Col. Tickell.) 



Teeth in upper jaw 18. Size large, but varying considerably. 

 Snout hairy, not much swollen at the sides. Ears large, rounded, 

 almost naked or thinly clad with short hairs. Feet covered with 

 hair above, the pes or hind foot from the heel about one and a half 

 times the length of the manus or fore foot from the wrist ; claws 

 well developed, those of the fore and hind extremities differing but 

 little in size. Tail thick at the base and tapering, varying from 

 to the length of the head and body, thinly covered with short hair, 

 amongst which a few very long hairs are interspersed. Fur of the 

 body rather coarse. Lateral glands well developed, round. 



The basal cusp of the anterior upper incisor, the third incisor, 

 and the canine are of very nearly the same size ; sometimes the 

 canine is. larger than the third incisor, sometimes the two are equal. 

 As a rule, about halt' of the small first upper preniolar is visible 

 from the outside between the canine and the second preir.olar, but 

 there is some variation. The second upper incisor is approximately 

 of the same height as the middle cusp of the second or large pre- 

 molar. 



Colour either some shade of brown throughout, the lower parts 

 being a little paler and greyer, and the basal portion of the fur 

 dark slaty, or else dark ashy grey, sometimes blackish, with more 

 or less developed ferruginous or brown tips to the fur. The brown 

 form varies from light to very dark blackish brown. The ears, 

 feet, and tail brown, the skin of those parts dusky, not flesh- 

 coloured as in C. cccrulea. 



