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uniform brown (between " seal-brown " and " Front's brown "), 

 quite similar in tone from head to rump. Sides not presenting a 

 contrasted light area, being scarcely lighter than the back, and 

 passing gradtially without line of demarcation into the di'ab-washed 

 belly. Chin and throat slightly moi'e greyish. Hands and feet 

 glossy brown, the hairs at the tips of the digits silvery. Tail long, 

 nearly as long as the head and body, well-haired throughout, 

 slightly pencilled at tip, blackish brown above, dull whitish below. 



Skull conspicuously largei- than that of S. mimitus, but of the same 

 light a,nd delicate build. Upper unicnspids subequalin transverse 

 section, the last one not smaller than the rest or out of series. All 

 the teeth liberally tipped with brown. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in the flesh : — 



Head and body 50 mm. ; tail 49 ; hind foot 11"5 ; ear 7. 



Skull — greatest length 17'5 ; basal length 15; breadth of 

 brain-case 8'5 ; length of upper tooth-series 7"6. 



Hah. as above. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. No. 6.1.4.30. Original number 47. 

 Collected 28 September, 1904. 



This small Shrew belongs to the genus Sorex, which had not 

 hitherto been recorded from Japan. It appears to be a member 

 of the S. minutus gi'oup, but may be readily distinguished by its 

 size and unusually long tail. A second specimen of it is in the 

 Museum collection, obtained by Mr. Alan Owston near Tokyo. 



[Sorex hawkeri, sp. n. 



cS . Inukawa, Yedo, Hondo. 



Size very small, about as in >S'. ininutus. Fur, in summer, about 

 3 mm. long on the back. General colour of the dorsal area brown, 

 near " Front's brown " but considerably paler. Sides distinctly 

 different from back, greyish broccoli-tirown ; belly like sides, but 

 paler. Upper surface of hands and feet pale drab. Tail short, 

 much shorter than head and body, well-haired and pencilled, pale 

 broccoli-brown above, rather lighter below. 



Skull crushed in the single specimen, but apparently even smaller 

 than that of >S'. minutus, as indicated by the short tooth-row. 

 Anterior incisor large, not very deeply notched. Five upper uni- 

 cnspids bi-oad, closely packed, in even slightly decreasing sequence 

 to the penultimate, the fifth again slightly larger than the fourth, 

 in the tooth-row, clearly visible fi'om without. Brown on teeth 

 about as in >S. minutus. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body (measured in skin) 55 mm. ; tail (measured in 

 flesh) 30 ; hind foot 9. 



Skull — tip of anterior incisor to that of large px-emolar 2'8 ; 

 to back of m^ 5-2. 



Type. Male. B.M. No. 3.9.10.1. Collected 7 June, 1903, and 

 presented by R. McD. Hawker, Esq. 



Although not collected by Mr. Anderson, I take this opportunity 

 to describe a tiny Shrew obtained in Japan by Mr. Hawker. It 



