182 MAMMALIA, 



believed to be S. griffiihii from Charap6njl in the possession of 

 Griffith. This specimen bad been forwarded to the India- 

 House by Dr. M'Clelland, and Blyth seems to have concluded, 

 that it was the type of S. griffithii, Horsfield; but the 

 evidence is unsatisfactory, and, moreover, Blyth's speci- . 

 mens, as already observed, do not agree with the description of 

 S. griffithii. 



In the type of C. heterodon, beyond the inward folding of 

 the hair on the sides of the heel, as occurs in shrews generally, 

 I cannot detect the hairy patch mentioned by Blyth. The 

 feet have had the tarsal bones removed, arid the heel thus 

 appears to begin at a bared portion of the leg, and in this 

 way I think Blyth had been misled. 



The type of 6'. viridescens, Blyth, was " a flat skin, tailless, 

 and with only one hind foot attached." 



231a. A stuffed adult male and its skull. No. 247A of 

 Blyth's Catalogue. Charapiinji. Presented by F. Skipwith, 

 Esq., 1846. 



b. An adult female in alcohol and its skull, No. 247B of 

 Blyth's Catalogue. Charaptinji. Presented by F. Skipwith, 

 Esq., 1846. 



c to f. An adolescent male and three adult females in alco- 

 hol, and the skull of d. Sibsagar, Nagd Hills, Assam. Pre- 

 sented by S. E. Peal, Esq., February 1871. 



g. The skin and skull of an adult female. Sibsagar, As^ 

 sam. Presented by S. E. Peal, Esq., February 1871. 



h. Stuffed specimen, No. 248C of Blyth's Catalogue. 

 Mergui. Presented by Major Berdmore, 1853. 



i. A stuffed specimen, No. 250A of Blyth's Catalogue 

 Charaptinji. Presented by R. W. G. Frith, Esq., 1855. 

 Ti/pe of S. heterodon, Blyth. 



j. A young female in alcohol and its skull ; and No. 248E 

 of Blyth's Catalogue ; its skuU much blackened. Mergui. 

 Presented by Major Berdmore, 1853. 



k. An adolescent female in alcohol and its skull. Chara- 

 punjf. Presented by Lieutenant J. H. Bourne, 12th July 1871. 



I. The skin of an adult male and its skull. Samagating, 

 Assam. Presented by Captain J. Butler, 1S73. 



m to 0. One adult male, and one adult and one adolescent 

 female in alcohol, and the skulls of m and o. Samaguting, 

 Assam. Presented by Captain J. Butler, 1873. 



p. A young male shrew in alcohol, and its skull, apparently 

 this species. Sibsagar, Assam. Presented by S. B. Peal, Esq., 

 July 1871. 



