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The average of twenty-five specimens from Washan measured by the collector 

 is: total length, 102 mm.; tail, 12; hind foot, 15, with extremes, total length: 

 86-104; tail, 9-15; hind foot, 14-16. 



Milne Edwards's specimens came from the mountains and plains of Szechwan 

 and Tibet. He describes the pelage as "d'un gris uniforme tirant un peu sur le 

 brun verdatre" and his excellent figure is colored in this way. Our specimens 

 show an additional color character of which he makes no mention. In thirteen 

 skins taken in late October and early November, there is present on either side 

 of the head, at the auricular region, a small ochraceous patch in marked contrast 

 to the otherwise dark gray coat. If our specimens are all correctly sexed (some- 

 times not an easy matter in this group) this coloring is more frequent in the males, 

 since nine of the thirteen thus marked are of this sex, while of fifteen females, 

 but five show the patch on both sides, five others have it more or less distinct 

 on one side only, and the other five females as well as three males do not show it. 



Four specimens taken between the 18th and 29th of May seem to be ac- 

 quiring the summer pelage which is shorter and more blackish without the 

 silvery sheen of "brun verdatre," when viewed from behind. Two of these 

 collected May 28th and 29th respectively, seem still to retain the long rump 

 hairs of the winter coat, that project as a conspicuous tuft nearly hiding the tail, 

 while the other two, taken May 18th and 28th respectively, show no such con- 

 trast, but appear to have quite shed the winter coat. 



CROCIDURA ATTENUATA Milne Edwards. 



A single specimen of this shrew was taken at Ichang, Hupeh, and agrees 

 well with Milne Edwards's diagnosis. The color above is gray washed with a 

 light tint of Prout's brown; below, uniform silver-gray, the tail bicolor like the 

 body. The ears are prominent, their surfaces minutely haired; the longer 

 hairs of the tail are relatively few and confined to the proximal three fourths. 

 As shown in Milne Edwards's figure, the second upper unicuspidate tooth is 

 smallest, the third slightly larger and the first largest. The dimensions of our 

 specimen follow, as well as those of the type from Moupin in parentheses :- 

 total length, 115 mm. (122); tail, 50 (48); hind foot, 13 (14). Skull: total 

 length, 20 (21); mastoid width, 9; width outside second upper molar, 6.6; 

 mandible from condyle to tip of incisor, 12.8; upper tooth row, 9; lower tooth 

 row, 8.4. 



Thomas (1911, p. 168) has recently recorded it from Kansu. 



