180 MAMMALIA. 



231. Crocidura murina. 



Sorex murintis, Linn., Syst. Nat., 12tli ed., 1766, p. 74 ; Blyth, Cat. 



Mamm. As. Soc. Mus., p. 83. 

 Sorex myosurus, Pallas, Act. Acad. Petrop. vol. x, 1785, p. 327, 



pi. iv ; Wagner, Schreber Sdugeth. Suppl. Bd. v,. 1856, p. 552, jB<w<4J».f 

 Sorex csernlescens var. Raffles, Linn. Trans, vol. xiii, 1823, p. 225. 

 Sorex serpentarius, Is. Geoff. St. Sil., Voyage de BSlanger, 1834, p. 



119 : Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus., 1860, p. 83. 

 Sorex soccatus, Sodgson, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xv, 1845, p. 135 ; 



Blyth, op. cit., p. 84. 

 Sorex niger, Elliot, Horsjleld, Cat. Mamm. S. Ind. Co's. Mus. 1851, 



p. 135 ; Blyth, op. cit., p. 84. 

 Sorex kaudianus, et ferrugineus, Kelaart, Prod. Faunce Zeylanicw, 



1852, pp. 30, 31. 

 Sorex heterodon, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. voL xxiv, 1855, p. 30 ; 



viridescens. 

 Sorex viridescens, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc, Beng.,\o\. xxviii, 1859, p. 285, 

 Sorex albinus, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xxix, 1860, p. 90. 

 Sorex griffithii, Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus., 1863, p.-83. 

 Crocidura (P.) ceylanica, Peters, M. B. AJcad. Berl., 29th- July, 1870, 



p.591. 

 Crocidura (P.) blanfordi, Anderson, Joum. As. Soc, Beng., vol. xlvi, pt. ii, 



1877, p. 269. 

 Crocidura (P.) blythii et pealana Anderson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. xlvi, 



pt. ii, 1877, pp. 264, 267 et 276. 



Hab. Eastern and Southern India; Himalayas (Nepal, 

 Sikkim) ; Assam, Khasi Hills; Arakan, Burma; Tenasserim, 

 Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, China (Amoy). 



Snout moderately long and pointed, not much swollen 

 across the incisors. Lower lip sharp and pointed. Feet well 

 developed, the hind feet being rather large. Fore-limb 

 clothed to the wrist; tibial portion of hind limb in its 

 lower half moderately clad with short brown hairs. Snout, ears, 

 feet, and tail brown ; claws moderate and yellow ; tail some- 

 what swollen at the base, round, rather thickly clad with short 

 dark brown hairs, and with long white and brownish bairs 

 interspersed. Tail about the length of the trunk without the 

 head, but varying much in its dimensions. General colour 

 above brown, generally more or less washed with rusty or 

 reddisb, and sometimes with a faintly grizzled sheen in cer- 

 tain lights. Under surface dark mousey brown. Fur soft 

 and silky, generally rather short, but longer in individuals 

 from high localities. 



J Tip of snout to vent 470 hind foot without claws 0'95 tail 3'00 

 S „ „ „ 415 „ „ „ „ 0'80 „ 2-70 



In this as in the former species and those which follow,, the 



