16 CATALOGUE OF 



d. A skull. 



e. Two skulls, differing in the width of the muzzle. 

 /. Drawing of adult, t. 96, copied t. 98. 



g. Drawing of head, feet and ears, t. 97. 

 h. Drawing of skull, t. 99, f. 13. 



Fam. TALPID^E. 



The SHORT -TAILED MOLE. Talpa micrura, Hodgs. J. A. S. 

 B. x. 910 (described). Calc. J. N. H. iv. 288. ? Talpa cryptura, 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1843, 938. Talpa Europaea, Robinson, Assam, 

 96. Mole, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. i. 340. Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. 95. 

 Talpa, Hodgs. P. Z S. 1834, 96. Talpa europsea (var. Sihirica), 

 Pallas, Z. R. A. i. 126 ? 



a. Adult skin. 



b. Drawing of adult, t. 101. 



The MONDJOUROU or SONDELI. Sorex mnrinus, Linn. Hodgs. 

 Ann. and Mag. N. H. 1845, 269. Musk Shrew, Hodgs. J. A. S. 

 B. i. 340. Sorex Indicus, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1839, 96. J. A. S. B. 

 x. 910. Calc. J. N. H. iv. 288. Geoff. Ann. Mus. xvii. 184, t. 4, 

 /. 2. Sorex Nipalensis, Hodgs. Icon. Sorex myosurus, Pallas, 

 Act. Petrop. 1781, t. 4, f. 1. Sorex Pilorides, Shaw, Mus. Lever. 

 t. 8. Sorex cserulescens, Shaw, Zool. i. 533. Sorex moschatus, 

 Robinson, Assam, 96. Sorex giganteus, and Sorex Sonneratii, 

 Geoff. Mem. Mus. xv. t. 4,/. 5. 



Inhab. Nepal, in all the regions, near houses. 

 a e. Five specimens. 

 /. A skull. 



g. A lower jaw and part of a skulL 

 'h. Drawing of adult, t. 103, f. 1, 4, 5, copied t. 104, f. 1. 



The PIGMY SHREW. Sorex pygmaeus, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. 

 919. Calc. J. N. H. iv. 288. Ann. and Mag. N. H. xv. 1845, 

 269. Sorex pusillus, S. G. Gmel. Reise, iii. 499, t. 75, /. 1. 

 ? Fischer, Mam. 259? 



a. Specimen in spirits, from Central hills. 



b. Drawing, of natural size, t. 102, f. 2. 



Sorex pygmaeus, Pallas, Itin. iii. Append. Z. R. A. i. 134 ; S. 

 exilis, Gmelin, S. N. i. 115; and S. ccecuticus, Laxm. N. Act. 

 Petrop. iii. 285 ; S. minutus, Laxm. Siber. Briefe, 72 ; are proba- 

 bly the same species. 



The WOOD SHRKW. Sorex nemorivagus, Hodgs. Calc. /. N. 

 H. iv. 288. Ann. and Mag. N. H. 1845, 269, Sorex nemoricola, 

 Hodgs. J. A. S. B. 1842, 279, note (not described). 



a. A specimen in spirits. 



b. Drawing of adult, t. 102, f. 1. 



This is probably only a half-grown specimen of Sorex murinus. 



