506 Mr. G. E. II. Barrett-Hamilton on 



altitudes varying: from 1500 to 5500 feet. They may be 

 described as follows : — 



Sorex araneus carpathicus, subsp. n. 



Size. — The collector's measurements indicate an animal 

 slightly smaller, but with relatively longer tail, than S. araneus 

 ti/picus of Britain. 



Colour in winter above from base of tail to occiput nearly 

 black, the face and sometimes the upper surface of the head 

 lighter, gradually becoming brown on the flanks; below, in- 

 cluding inner surfaces of all four legs, dirty liglit yellow or 

 brown, the colour of the upjierside encroaching considerably 

 npon the belly. Line of demarcation moderately distinct, 

 running on each side from a point between angle of mouth 

 and nose to the shoulders, thence to the thighs and base of 

 the tail, dividing inner and outer surfaces of all four legs to 

 the wrists and ankles. Hidden portions of the hair every- 

 where blackish slate. 



l^ail bicoloured, the upper surface near " bistre " *, the 

 lower between " Isabella color " and " drab/^ 



Feet between " prout's brown" and " hair-brown.^^ 



A single specimen in partial summer coat is near grizzled 

 " mummy-brown " above, below yellower than specimens in 

 winter coat. 



Dimensions in millimetres of nine Specimens. 



Head and 



body. Tail. Hind foot. Ear. 



Maximum 70 47 14 7 



Mean 67-1 4o2 12-6G 5-33 



Minimum 56 41 11 



Mean of 162 British I -g 38-75 12-8 7-6 



specimens, | 



I am unable to distinguish the shall from that of British 

 shrews. 



Hob. Hatzrg, Transylvania, Southern Carpathians, at 

 altitudes of 1500-5500 feet. 



Type (a female), no. 3. 2. 2. 4 of British Museum Collec- 

 tion, taken at Hatzeg, 30th November, 1902, altitude 5-oOO 

 feet. Dimensions: — Head and body 64 mm., tail 46, hind 

 foot 13, ear 1. 



This is an interesting mountain-form of " saturated " 



* Names of colours placed in inverted commas are taken from 

 Mr. Robert Eidgway's 'Nomenclature of Colors/ 1^86. 



