1900.] MAMMALS FROM KOREA. 861 



back, (leuera.l colour above greyisli brown, something between 

 "broccoli-brown" and "grey no. 5" of Ridgway, intermixed with 

 the usual silvery gloss characteristic of northern Grocidwne. 

 Under surface drabby whitish, lighter than in the Japanese 

 C. dsi-nezumi . Upper surface of hands and feet greyish white. 

 Tail of medium length, the usual short hairs clothing it thickly, 

 while the long bristle-hairs are unusually numerous and con- 

 tinued nearly to the tip. Its colour is brown above, whitish 

 below. No trace of a lateral gland pei-ceptible on any of the 

 specimens, but all wei'e taken in winter, when it is usually less 

 conspicuous. 



Skull short, broad and low. Second and thii'd upper unicuspids 

 subequal, both in height and cross-section, the former about level 

 Avith the well-developed anterior basal cusp on the carnassial. 



Dimensions of the type, measiired in the flesh : — 



Head and body 58 mm. ; tail 37 ; hind foot 11-5 ; ear 9. 



Skull — extreme length from condylion to front face of incisors 

 I7'5mm. ; basal length 15-1; greatest posterior breadth 8'2 ; 

 interorbital breadth 4 ; front of i^ to back of m^ 7-8 ; tip of i^ 

 to tip of p' 4. 



Dimeusi(nis of four othei- specimens : — 



Head & body. Tail. Hind foot. 



min. inm. mm. 



6 58 38 13 



S 55 35 12 



2 58 37 11 



$ GO 36 12 



Type. Adult male. B.M. No. 6.12.6.27. Original number 671, 

 Collected at Mm-gyong, 28 November, 1905. 



This little Shrew is very like C. las'mra, but is only about half 

 the bulk. From the Japanese C. dsi-nezumi, perhaps its nearest 

 ally, it may be readily distinguished by its smaller size, shorter 

 tail, and whiter belly. 



4. PUTORIUS SIBIRICUS Pall. 



( c? ) Fusan, Koi-ea,. (Skin purchased in market.) 

 d . 627-629. 2 . 623-626. Quelpart Id., 3000', September, 

 It is exceedingly difficult to make out the races of these Asiatic 

 Minks, owing to their variability in colour, their seasonal change, 

 and considerable sexual difference in size. The Japanese P. itatsi 

 is really scarcely more than a subspecies of the mainland form, 

 while I see no reason to distinguish in any way the examples 

 obtained by Mr. Anderson in Quelpart. They are, however, 

 all in the dull summer pelage, while specimens in that coat 

 are almost entirely absent from oui- mainland and Japanese 

 series. 



The Fusan skin is in the winter coat, and is almost as yellow as 

 true Sibei-ian examples. 



