184 MAMMALIA. 



hh. A stuffed specimen and its skull, No. 249A of Blyth's 

 Catalogue. Darjeeling. Presented by Major W. S. Sherwill, 

 1854. 



a. A nearly adult female in alcohol and its skull. Darjeeling. 

 Presented by W. S. Atkinson, Esq., May 1871. 



jj to mm. Two adolescent females. Sureil, British Sikkim. 

 Presented by George King, Esq., M.B., 10th Eebruary 1879.J 



nn to pp. Three adult males: no history; probably fiom 

 British Sikkim. 



5'g' to vv. Two adolescent, and three adult males, and one 

 adult female in alcohol. Sureil, British Sikkim. Presented 

 by J. L. Lister, Esq., 10th February 1879. 



WW to yy. An adolescent, a young and younger female in 

 alcohol. Darjeeling. By exchange with W. T. Blandford, 

 Esq., 27th November 1877. 



232. Crocidura swinhoei. 



Sorex swinhoei, Slyth, Journ. As. Sob. Beng., vol. xxviii, 1859, p. 285. 

 Sorex murinus, Blyth, Journ. As. Sac. Beng,, vol. ixix, 1860, p. 89, paV' 

 tim ; ibid., Cat. Mamm. As. 8oc. Mas., 1863, p. 83, partim. 



Hah. China (Amoy). 



Snout long and pointed. Ears rather large. Feet propor- 

 tioned to body ; claws rather strong and blunt. Lower haK 

 of limbs with short hair ; upper surface of feet not seminude, 

 but clad with short brownish-yellow hairs. TaU about the 

 length of the trunk ; long, and ringed, covered with short 

 yellowish-brown hair, with long white and brownish hairs 

 intermixed. Fur short, silky dark brown, with a glossy 

 lustre ; the under surface mousey brown. 



Length of stuffed specimen S'-eO ; fore-foot 0*-43 ; hind foot 

 0'-72; tail2''-40. 



Unfortunately the dental portion and the lower jaw are the 

 only parts of the skull that have been preserved. The upper 

 front incisors are short, convergent to their tips, but widely 

 apart throughout. There is a well-developed tubercle 

 on the inside of the basal eminence. The small front 

 premolar is placed entirely within the line of the other 

 teeth on the palatal surface. The tooth on either side 

 occupies exactly the same position as its fellow, and this cir- 

 cumstance leads me to regard the arrangement as normal. 

 Even supposing it were not, the general characters of the Shrew 

 themselves separate it from C. murina, with which Blyth 

 regarded it as identical. The second incisor is lai'ge and more 



