242 SOIIICIDE. 



olfliU' of tJ;c two measures : snout to vent M) iuclios, f:iil i-'3, liind 

 foot 0'42, basal length of skull <»-02. Colour pale fawn above, 

 silvery grey below. 



126. Crocidura fuligiiiosa. Blyth's Bhrew. 



Sorex fulif^inosus, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, p. ,^(32 ; id. Cat. p. 84. 

 Crocidura rn])ricosa and kingiana, Anderson, J. A. S. B. xlvi, pt. 2, 



pp. 1>K0, L>yl. 

 Crocidura rubriccsa ««f? fuliginosa, Anderson, Cat. pp. 196, 197. 



Upper teeth 16. Size rather small. Muzzle thinly clad. Ears 

 large, nearly naked. Feet thinly clad above. Tail long, three 

 fourths the length of the head and body, or more, subeylindrical, 

 very gently tapering (except in the rutting-season, when the basal 



Fig. (!8. — Anterior n)ipor teeth of Croriihira fuUginosu. (Dobson, Mon. Ins., 



unpublisbetl.) 



portion is thickened), nearly naked, being thinly clad with very 

 short hair, amongst which a few longer hairs are interspersed in 

 the basal half only. Latei-al gland small and elongate, present in 

 the male only. The small first premolar is wanting, but otherwise 

 the teeth, though much smaller, are similar to those of 6'. murlmi. 



Colour deep rich r(Hldish brown abov(^, ashy brov\-n to ashy grey 

 below, basaJ half of fur throughout slaty. Tail and upper surface 

 of feet dark brow]i. 



D'mensions. An adult male measures : snout to vent .'3-1 inches, 

 tail 2-7, hind foot 0-55 ; an old female, 2-9, 2 5, and 0-57. J3asal 

 length of skull in each O'l^y. 



Distrihution. East(>rii Himalayas, at an elevation not exceeding 

 5000 or 6000 feet, Assam, and Tenasserim. Common in tSikhim. 



127. Crocidura horsfieldi. IIorsJlel<l''s Shrew. 



Snrox lior.sfic^ldi, Tomes, A. M. N. 11. ser. 2, xvii, p. 2;{ (18r)6). 

 Crocidura rctusa, Pciers, MB. Akad. Berl. 1870, p. 585 ; Anderson, 

 Cat. p. lliO. 



Upper teeth 10. Size small. Muzzle thinly clad. Ears of 

 moderate size, nearly naked. Feet thinly clad above; of the proxi- 

 mal pair of pads on each hind foot the outer is further from the 

 heel. Tail thick at ihe base and tapering, but little shorter than 

 the head aiwl body, thinly clad with short hair, a few longer hairs 

 interspersed in the basal half only. Lateral gland large, nearly 

 circuhir, pr(>sent in botli sc.\(>s, Ijul less (levi'lo]ied in females llian 

 in males. 



