240 SOBICID^E. 



that on the back a little paler towards the base. Tail light sandy 

 brown above, whitish below. 



Dimensions of the type, an old female with worn teeth : snout to 

 vent 3 inches, tail 2, hind foot 0-5, basal length of skull 0'75. 



Distribution. But a single specimen is known ; this was obtained 

 by Sir O. B. St. John in Ajmere. 



This species is near C. rubicunda, but smaller in all its di- 

 mensions. 



123. Crocidura dayi. Day's Shrew. 

 Crocidura dayi, Dobson, A. M. N. H. ser. 6, i, p. 433 (1888). 



Upper teeth 18. Size rather small. Snout hairy. Ear not 

 large, nearly naked. Feet thinly covered with hair above. Tail 

 long, thinly covered with short hairs (no longer hairs interspersed 

 in the solitary specimen known). Fur long and close. 



There is a distinct pointed internal lobe, posteriorly situated, to 

 the basal cusp of each anterior upper incisor. The first or small 

 premolar is (in the type) unusually large, but little inferior to the 

 third incisor in section, though less high ; the height, however, 

 exceeds that of the anterior cusp of the second premolar. Lower 

 anterior incisors serrated above. 



Colour deep rich brown above, slightly paler and greyer below ; 

 the basal two thirds of all hairs blackish. Feet and tail dark. 



Dimensions. Hind foot without claws 0-6 inch, basal length of 

 skull 0'67. The length of the head and body in a dried skin is 

 about 2| inches ; tail approximately the same, but no dependence can 

 be placed on these measurements. 



Distribution. The only specimen known is a dried skin with a 

 skull in the British Museum. This skin was obtained by Dep. 

 Surgeon-General F. Day in the Madras Presidency, and in. all 

 probability from the Palni or Travancore hills. 



The hind foot is longer than in G. leucoyenys, although the skull 

 is smaller. 



124. Crocidura hodgsoni. The Himalayan pigmy Shreiv. 



Sorex pygrogeus, Hodgson, A. M. N. H. xv, p. 269 (1845), nee Pallas. 

 Sorex pygmteus, micronyx, hodgsoni, and atratus, Elyth, J. A. S. S. 



xxiv, pp. 32, 33, 34 ; id. Cat. p. 85. 

 Sorex hodgsoni and micronyx, Jerdon, Mam. pp. 67, 58. 

 Crocidura (Pachvura) pygmaeoides, Anderson, J. A. S. B. xlvi. pt. 2, 



p. 279; id. Cat. p. 194. 



Chupechi, Bhot. 



Upper teeth 18. Size very small, but larger than that of C. per- 

 rotteti. Ears large, nearly naked. Tail about three quarters the 

 length of the head and body, or more, thinly clad with short hair, 

 amongst which long hairs are scattered. Feet with short hair 

 above. Lateral gland only developed at the rutt ing-season, when 

 it becomes large. 



