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M. A, C. Hint on — British Fossil Shrews. 



Table II. 



Mandibul^e of Fossil and Recent Species of 



SOREX AND NeOMYS. 



2 i=i 



ssl 



°"3 



o SO 



■B -a 



53 



A. SOREX. 



Sorex savini 



S. runtonensis. Fig. 8, Sav. Coll. 731.8 . 

 Fig. 9, Sav. Coll. 636.15 l 

 S. sp. Middle Terrace, Grays .... 

 S. kennardi. Third Terrace, Ponders End 

 S. araneus. Pleistocene, Ighthani Fissures 



,, ,, Dog Holes, Warton 



Crag 

 ,, Eecent, Ightkam . . . . 



, , , , West Wickham . 



,, ,, Wanstead . . . . 



, , , , West Eunton . . 



S. alpintis. Hatzeg, Transylvania . . . 



S. minutus. Pleistocene, Igktham Fissures 



,, Eecent, Clevedon, Somerset . 



B. 



Neomys. 



Upper Freshwater 



Bed, 



Neomys newtoni, 

 West Eunton 

 N. broivni. Middle Terrace, Grays . 

 Pleistocene, Ightham . 

 ,, Dog Holes 



Eecent, West Wickham 

 naias. Eecent. Transylvania 



N. fodiens. 



11-8 



12-0 



9-0 



8-9 



9-0 



10-3 

 9-7 



10 

 9-4 



10 



10-4 

 9'7 

 9-7 

 9-9 



lO'l 

 7-6 

 7-4 

 7-3 



10-4 



10'9 

 lO'l 

 11-0 

 11-4 



6-05 



4-73 

 4-73 



4-78 



5'5 



5-06 



5-5 



5-06 



5'5 



5-5 



5-28 



5'28 



5'28 



5-39 



4-07 



4-18 



4-07 



5"61 



6-16 



6*16 



6-38 



4-07 



3*41 

 374 



3-41 

 3-85 

 3-52 

 3-85 

 3-57 

 3-85 

 3-85 

 3-63 

 3-63 

 3'74 

 3-63 

 2-97 

 2-97 

 3-13 



3'85 



4-29 



4-4 



4-29 



4-34 



4-4 



5-61 

 5-72 



3*74 



4-4 



3-85 



4-84 



4-4 



4-4 



4'4 



4*73 



4-51 



4-51 



4-51 



4-62 



3-74 



2-97 



3-0 



3-13 



4-07 



4-29 

 4-34 

 4-18 

 4-56 

 4-73 



3-74 

 3-85 

 2-64 

 2-64 

 2-75 

 2-64 

 3-08 

 2-75 

 3-08 

 2*75 

 3-19 

 3-08 

 2-97 

 2-97 

 3-19 

 2'64 

 1-98 

 2-09 

 2-2 



2-86 



2-97 

 2-86 

 2'75 

 3-08 

 3-19 



1-65 

 1-71 

 1-32 

 1-21 



32 

 21 

 54 



48 

 32 

 32 



48 



43 



54 



32 



1-32 



1-32 



0-77 



0-77 



0-99 



1-54 



1-54 

 1-37 

 1-43 

 1-65 

 1-43 



The following scheme shows the range in time in Britain of the 

 various Shrews discussed in this paper : — 



Holocene 



Pleistocene 



Latest Pliocene 



Horizon. 



a. Ightham Fissures, 

 etc. 



b. Third Terrace 



c. Early Middle 

 Terrace, Grays 



Upper Freshwater Bed 

 (Forest Bed Series) 



Species. 

 Sorex araneus, S. minutus, 



Neomys fodiens. 

 Sorex araneus, S. minutus, 



Neomys fodiens. 

 Sorex kennardi. 

 Sorex sp., Neomys broivni. 



Sorex savini, S. runtonensis, 

 Neomys newtoni. 



1 This specimen is remarkable for the unusually large true molars. 



