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(17) Crocidura rubricosa, And. 



Anderson' s Assam Shreio. 



1877. Crocidura rubricosa, Anderson, J.A.S.B., XL VI., p. 280. 

 1888. Crocidura fuliginosa, Blanford, Mammalia, No. 126 (partim.) 



2 4, in al. 3, Chin Hills, 50m., W ; $ 1, Chin Hills, "65m.,) W. 

 in al. 3, Kabaw Valley, 20m., W ; various localities, too young 

 for any identification. 

 I place these specimens under this name provisionally. The type of 

 rubricosa was from Sibsagar, Assam. 



"Vernacular name: Tsickpu (Chin)."— J.M.D.M. 



(18) Anoxjrosorex sqxjamipes, M. Edw. 



The Chinese Short-tailed Shreio. 



1870. Anourosorex squamipes, Milne-Edwards, C. R. Acad. Sc, LXX. 

 p. 341. 



1888. Anurosorex squamipes, Blanford, Mammalia, p. 245. 

 5 1, not sexed 1, in al. 2, Chin Hills, 50m., W. 



Mr. Thomas, who kindly examined these specimens for me, has furnished 

 the following note: — ''After very careful examination I fail to find any 

 character by which this animal can be distinguished from the A. squamipes 

 of Sze-chwan. This particular specimen is grey while the majority of our 

 Chinese examples are dark slaty, but among a series, sent us by Mr. W. R. 

 BrowB, from Chung King, there occur both slaty and grey specimens. The 

 difference may be due to bleaching. 



If this specimen represents A. assamensis, of which we have no specimen 

 in our Collection, the assertion that that animal " has a longer tail than 

 A. squamipes," is not borne out by our material, as its tail is only of the 

 same length as those of a number of the Chinese examples. 



All the skulls before me appear to be identical, but it must be admitted 

 that that of the type of assamensis, as measured by Anderson, is longer 

 than any of our series, so that it is possible, though not very probable, that 

 while the Chin Hills' shrew is the same as the Chinese one, the Assam one 

 is different from both. The type skull of assamensis measured 26' 6 mm. in 

 greatest median length, while Mr. Mackenzie's example measures 24'8 

 which is about as long as the longest of the Chinese skulls." 



(19) Felis bengalensis, Kerr. 



The Leopard Cat, , 



(Synonymy in No. II.) 

 § 1 juv., not sexed 2, no skulls 4, Chin Hills, 50m., W. 



(20) ViVERRA ZIBETHA, L. 



The Large Indian Civet. 

 (Synonymy in JNo. 14.) 



Not sexed 1, Kindat, 25m., W ; not sexed I (included in the Chindwin 

 Report, imder No. 27) Mr. Mackenzie writes of this specimen "given to me 

 by Mr. Milton of the Bombay -Burma Trading Corporation, and by me to 

 Mr. Shortridge. The locality should be ' Ngapun ', it is 20 miles north and 

 10 miles west of Kindat, and some 25 or 30 miles east of the Manipur 

 border." 



(*S'ee also Reports Nos. 20 and 23) 



