206 MAMMALIA. 



249 a to c. Three stuffed specimens, Nos. 266 A fo C,p. 87 

 of Blytt's Catalogue. Darjeeling. Presented by Major W 

 S. Sherwill and W. Theobald, Esq., 1S54-55. 



d tof. Two adalt females and one adolescent male in alco- 

 hol and the skulls of d and e, Nos. 260 D to P o£ Blyth's 

 Catalogue. Darjeeling. Presented by Major W. S. Sher- 

 will and W. Theobald, Esq., 1854-55. 



g ^ h. Two adult females in alcohol and the stull of ff. 

 Darjeeling. Presented by W. S. Atkinson, Esq., November, 

 1869. 



i. An adult female in alcohol. Darjeeling. Presented by 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq., 2nd September, 1871. 



j 8f k. An adult male and female in alcohol. Dai'jeeling. 

 Presented by Dr. F. Stolickza, 1871. 



I to n. An adult female, an adolescent male, and an adoles- 

 cent female in alcohol. No history. 



0, A skeleton. No history. 



250. Sorioulus caudatus. 



^Te^eaMAstiua, Sodgson, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist., new Ser., vol. iii. 



1849, p. 203 ; Sorsfield, Cat. Mamm. B. Ind. Co. Mus„ 1851, p, 



135 ; Ann. if Mag. Nat. Sist., vol. xvi, 1855, p. Ill ; Sehreher Sdu- 



geth. SuppI, Bd. v, 1855, p. 566, 

 Corsira (?) caudata, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. xxiv, 1855, p. 



37; Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist., 2nd ser., vol. xvii, 1856, p. 27. 

 Corsira alpinus, Tomes, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist,, 2nd ser., vol. 17, 



1856, p. 27 (partim) ; Blyth, Cat. Mamm. Mus. As. Soc. Beng, 



1865, p. 86 ipartim). 

 Corsira alpina, Jerdon^ Mamm. Brit. Ind., 1867, p. 61 (partim). 

 Crossopus caudatus, Hodgson, Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1873, p. 



233. 

 Soriciilus gracilicauda, Anderson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. xlvi, 



1877, p. 282. 



Sabi Himalaya (Sikkim). 



Snout rather sharply pointed, but not very long : well 

 haired. Ears moderately large, partially hidden and well 

 clad with long hairs on their outer surfaces, and along their 

 margins, and tragus, amalgamating with the general fur, so 

 that the ears are not prominent. Limbs slender, the lower 

 half of the ante-brachium, and of the ante-femoral portion 

 of the limb, nearly nude. Fore feet small. Hind feet rather 

 long and slender, with a prominent white tubercle over the 

 distal end of the 5th metatarsal. Feet scaly above, very 

 sparsely covered with brown hairs, fewer on the toes: claws 

 compressed, but little pointed. Tail long and slender, tetra- 

 gonal, tapering to a fine, compressed, pencillatcd point, very 



