242 SORICIIKT. 



older of the two measures : snout to vent 1*9 inches, tail 1/3, hind 

 foot 0-42, basal length of skull 0-62. Colour pale fawn above, 

 silvery grey below. 



126. Crocidura fuliginosa. Blyth's Shrew. 



Sorex fuliginosus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, p. 3G2 ; id. Cat. p. 84. 

 Crocidura rubricosa and kingiuna, Anderson, J. A. S. B. xlvi, pt. 2, 



pp. 280, 281. 

 Crocidura rubriccsa and fuliginosa, Anderson, Cat. pp. 196, 197. 



Upper teeth 16. Size rather small. Muzzle thinly clad. Ears 

 large, nearly naked. Feet thinly clad above. Tail long, three 

 fourths the length of the head and body, or more, subcylindrical, 

 very gently tapering (except in the rutting-season, when the basal 



Fig. 68. Anterior upper teeth of Crocidura fuliginosa. (Dobson, Mon. Ins., 

 unpublished.) 



portion is thickened), nearly naked, being thinly clad with very 

 short hair, amongst which a few longer hairs are interspersed in 

 the basal half only. Lateral gland small and elongate, present in 

 the male only. The small first premolar is wanting, but otherwise 

 the teeth, though much smaller, are similar to those of C. murina. 



Colour deep rich reddish brown above, ashy brown to ashy grey 

 below, basal half of fur throughout slaty. Tail and upper Btirfttp 

 of feet dark brown. 



Dimensions. An adult male measures : snout to vent 3'1 inches, 

 tail 2-7, hind foot 0-55 ; an old female, 2-9, 2 5, and 0-57. Basal 

 length of skull in each 0-75. 



Distribution. Eastern Himalayas, at an elevation not exceeding 

 5000 or 6000 feet, Assam, and Tenasserim. Common in Sikhim. 



127. Crocidura horsfieldi. HorsfieU's Shrew. 



Sorex horsfieldi, Tomes, A. M. N. H. ser. 2, xvii, p. 23 (1856). 

 Crocidura retusa, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1870, p. 585 : Anderson, 

 Cat. p. 109. 



Upper teeth 16. Size small. Muzzle thinly clad. Ears of 

 moderate size, nearly naked. Feet thinly clad above ; of the proxi- 

 mal pair of pads on each hind foot the outer is further from the 

 heel. Tail thick at the base and tapering, but little shorter than 

 the head and body, thinly clad with short hair, a few longer hairs 

 interspersed in the basal half only. Lateral gland large, nearly 

 circular, present in both sexes, but less developed in females than 

 in males. 



