1877.] R. Lydckker — yoics on the Ilmnmalian Fauna, ^c. 283 



are almost opposed to each other and the antitragus is thickened and placed 

 against the orifice. The feet are rather broad and with longish claws ; the 

 lower portion o£ the limbs is semi-nude ; the upper surface of the feet scaly, 

 a few brownish hairs on the dorsi, with still fewer on the toes ; a few long hairs 

 projecting over the claws. Tail coarsely scaly-ringed, almost naked, but 

 with a few short, brown hairs, with no long hairs intermixed ; not SAvoUeii 

 at the base ; tetragonal, long, narrow and tapering, and equalling the length of 

 the trunk and head ; no longer hairs at the tip. Fur dense and rather long, 

 not velvety, but soft ; dark slaty in its hidden portion, the visible portion 

 being broadly tipped with brown, the general colour of this red-toothed 

 shrew. 



Length, tip of snout to vent, , in. 2'35 



„ tail, 2-13 



„ hind foot, 0-52 



,, tip of snout to eye, 0'45 



Height of ear, 0-20 



The upper front incisors are close together and are small, the posterior 

 portions of the teeth are not acutely pointed. Second incisor rather rounded 

 at the point and not very much larger than the third incisor which is larger 

 than the canine ; the tip of the latter tooth is slightly longer than the ante- 

 rior, external, small cusp of the first molar. The central cusp of the last 

 mentioned tooth is sharply conical but feeble, and its tip is on a level with 

 the point of the third incisor. The points only of the intermediate teeth and 

 the central cusp of the first molar are fully tipped with reddish, and in 

 the lower jaw, only the incisors and canines show a feeble touch of pigment. 



This shrew was found in Sikkim by Mr.- W. T. Blanford. 



IX. — ]Votes on the Mammalian Fauna of the Wardwdn and Tipper Chindh 

 Valleys. — By R. Ltdekkee, B. A., Geological Survey of India. 



(Kecd. July 11th,— Eead August 1st, 1877.) 

 Knowing the great importance, at the present time, of authenticated 

 lists of the faunas of different districts, I have thought it worth while to 

 bring to the notice of the Society, the following observations on the mam- 

 malian fauna, of the valleys of the Wardwan and upper Chinab rivers, 

 made by me during a tour of these regions, in the com^se of my profession- 

 al duties. The country noticed includes the greater part of the course of 

 the Wardwan river, (namely, the part from Inshin, to its junction with the 

 Chinab river) ; and also the valley of the Chinab from Kishtwar upwards 

 to the point where this river divides into the two smaller streams of th© 

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