SOEETC SEBrEKTAEIUS. OO 



This species VTas formerly considered by Blyth to be the same as muri- 

 nus, but ia his Catalogue he places them separately. There are no speci- 

 mens, however, of this shrew in the Calcutta Museum. It inhabits 

 Nepal, only in woods and coppices, says Hodgson, not entering houses. 

 In the late edition of the Catalogue of his Collection, he also gives it from 

 Sikim, and states that there are specimens in spirits in the India House 

 Museum from the latter country. 



Sorex Crnffithii, Horsfield, is a nearly allied species to S. murinus, from 

 the Khasia hills, distinguished, according to Tomes, by its large teeth, deep 

 blackish-gray, glossy, and rather coarse fur, and by its small ears. 



Length, head and body, 5| inches; tail, 2-j^ths. This ought to be 

 compared with Hodgson's species. 



72. Sorex serpentarius. 



Is. Geoffroy. — Blyth, Cat. 248 — S. handianus, Kelaakt. 

 The Kufescent Shkew, 



Descr. — Above, dusky-slate color with rufescent tips to the fur ; be- 

 neath, paler with a faint rufous tinge about the breast ; ears, moderately 

 large ; limbs, small ; tail, slender ; teeth, small. 



Length of one, head and body, 4 inches ; tail 2-^ih. Another, head 

 and body, 4^ ; tail, 2 J ; foot, -^ths. 



This musk-rat has been found, within our province, only in Southern 

 India, but it is common in Ceylon, and extends into Southern Burmah, 

 Mergui. It has been taken on the Malabar coast, but is said to be more 

 common on the east coast of Southern India, at about Tinnevelly. Ke- 

 laart, who calls it the common godown musk-rat of Kandy, says that its 

 odour is quite as offensive as that of ccerulescens. 



Blyth has described Sorex heterodon from the Khasia hills, like 

 serpentarius, but smaller and with stouter limbs. He elsewhere likens 

 it to 8. soceatus. 



73. Sorex saturatior. 



Hodgson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd series, XVI. 110. 



The Dakk-bbowk Shrew. 

 Descr, — Color, uniform deep brown inclining to blackish, with a very 



