SOBEX SOCCATUS. 57 



exceeding in length the head and body, and terminating in a whitish tip 

 of half an inch long. .. 



Length, head and body, 3 inches ; tail, 3 J. 



This shrew is stated to be from Nepal. As a MSS. name, nivicola, 

 was also given it by Hodgson, it is to be presumed that he obtained it 

 at a great elevation. 



77. Sorex soccatus. 



HODGSON,* Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. XV. 270. Not of Gal. J. N. H. 

 BLYTH, J. A. S. XXIV. 30. Cat. 249. 



THE HAIRY-FOOTED SHREW. 



Descr. Distinguished, according to Hodgson, by its feet being clad 

 with fur down to the nails, by its depressed head and tumid, bulging 

 cheeks ; ears, large, exposed ; colour, a uniform sordid or brownish- 

 slaty hue. 



Length, head and body, 3 J inches ; tail, 2J ; foot, ^-fths. 



Blyth states that it has a considerable resemblance to S. serpentarius, 

 but is a good deal darker, with well-clad feet and tail, head and limbs 

 proportionally larger ; tail compressed towards the tip, which is fur- 

 nished with a pencil tuft of stiffish hairs. One measured, head and 

 body, 5 inches ; tail, 3. 



This species has been found in Nepal, Sikim, and also at Mussoorie. 

 I procured it at Darjeeling. 



The remaining species of this section are of diminutive size. 



78. Sorex Hodgsoni. 



BLYTH, J. A. S. XXIV. 334. Cat. 257. S. pygmceus apud HODGSON. 

 THE NEPAL PIGMY-SHREW. 



Descr. Uniform brown with a slight tinge of chesnut, and scarcely 

 paler below ; feet and tail, distinctly furred, besides the usual scattered 

 long hairs in the latter ; claws, whitish and conspicuous ; tail, brown 

 above, pale beneath, tapering evenly throughout. 



Length, head and body, 1-J inch ; tail, 1 ; hind foot, i. Hodgson 

 gives larger dimensions head and body, nearly 2 ; tail, l T 3 g- ; foot, f ths. 



This little shrew has been found in Nepal and Sikim. Hodgson states 

 that it dwells in coppices and fields, rarely entering houses, and that it 

 has no musky smell. 



