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answers, in the Malayan jungle, marks their pleasurable emotions ; as, 

 for instance, on the appearance of food, while the contrary is expressed 

 by shrill protracted cries. Their disposition is very restless, and their 

 great agility enables them to perform the most extraordinary bounds in 

 all directions, in which exercise they spend the day, till night sends 

 them to sleep in their rudely- constructed lairs in the highest branches 

 of trees. At times they will sit on their haunches, holding their food 

 between the fore-legs, and after feeding, they smooth the head and face 

 with both fore-paws, and lick the lips and palms. They are also fond 

 of water, both to drink and to bathe in. The female usually produces 

 one young." (Catalogue of Mammalia inhabiting the Malayan Penin- 

 sula and Islands. By Theodore Cantor, M.D., &c.) 



d. ERINACINA, Gray, Cat. Br. Mus. Syst. 



List, XXL 

 Genus SOREX, Linn. 



143. SOREX MURINUS, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12, /. p. 74, ed. 

 Gmel I. p. 114. 



Sorex myosurus, Pallas, Act. Petrop. 1781. Muller, Over 



de Zoogd. v. d. Ind. ArcMp. p. 26. 

 SEEKA, of the Assamese, Walker, Calc. J. N. H. III. 265. 



HAB. Upper India, Nepal, Hodgson. Assam, Walker. Java, 

 Sumatra, Borneo, and Amboina, Muller. 



A. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



144. SOREX GRIFFITHII, Horsfield. 



Colour, deep blackish brown throughout, with a slight rufous 

 reflection in a certain light. Fur short, close, soft, and adpressed. 

 Tail thick at the base, with a few long, very slender, straggling hairs 

 along its entire length. Ears small and rounded. Snout elongated. 

 Length from the tip of the snout to the root of the tail, 5J inches. 

 Tail, 2 inches. 



Allied to S. murinus, but differing essentially by the uniform deep 

 blackish-brown tint, and by shortness, delicacy, and softness of the fur. 



HAB. Afghanistan. 



A. Griffith's Collection from Afghanistan. 



