188 MAMMAUA. 



i. An adult male in alcohol and its skull. Goalpdra, Assam 

 Presented by H. L. Houghton^ Esq., 2nd December 1866 

 Type of P. assamensis, Anderson. 



j. An adult male in alcohol and its stall. Botanical 

 Gardens, Howrah. Presented by Dr. J. Anderson, 1872. 



k. A gravid female, with five foetuses in the womb, one 

 opposite to the os, in alcohol, and its skull. Jessore. Pre- 

 sented by James Wood-Mason, Esq., October 1873. 



235. Crocidura perrottetii. 



Sorex perrottetii, Cuvemoy, Mag. de Zool. PI. 38 & 54, 1842, p. 89, 



PI. 47. 

 Crocidura (P.) nilgirica, Anderson, Journ. As. 8oc. Beng., vol. xlvi, pt. 2, 



1877, p. 274. 



Eal. Nilgiris (Utakamund) . 



Form small, slender. Head long, somewhat flattened; 

 snout rather broad, but long and rather abruptly rounded 

 towards the nostrils. Snout densely haired, and moustachial 

 bi'istles rather numerous. Ears of moderate size and not 

 hidden, rounded, and sparsely clad with short hairs. Limbs 

 clad to the wrist and ankle, and the upper surface of the feet 

 sparsely clad. Claws well developed and sharp ; pads of feet 

 rather prominent. Tail equals about the length from the 

 vent to the front of the shoulder ; not swollen at the base, 

 rather slender; finely ringed, about 12 to 13 rings to the one- 

 tenth of an inch ; numerous short strong hairs between the 

 rings, with scattered, long black hairs. Eur short, dense, and 

 velvety ; general colour, snout, ears, tail and upper surface of 

 limbs, deep fuliginous, velvety black or dark brown, paler 

 below with a silvery lustre. Claws yellowish. 



Adult male. 



Lengtli from tip of snout to Tent . . .in. 1"78 



„ of tail „ ri2 



„ of hind foot „ 0'35 



Height of ear „ 0-15 



Breadth of ear „ 0'15 



The skull proves this specimen to be fully adult, as the 

 sutures on the base of the cranium are obliterated. A small 

 portion of the occipital has been broken off, but sufficient 

 remains on one side to indicate that the foramen magnum 

 has been very large ; measured from the inferior border of the 

 foramen magnum to the end of the palate anteriorly, the total 

 length of the adult skull is only 0'4<5. The condyles are 



