40 INSECTIVOEA 



1. Kensington Gardens, N. Churton (c & p). 161. a. 



London. 



4 9. Bletohingley, Surrey. W. R, Ogilvie-Grant 11. 1. 3. 149- 



(p). 152. 



1. Crowborough, Sussex. Miller Collection. 7. 7. 7. 3593. 



(W.R.Ogilvie-Grant.) 



Sal. Richmond Park, Surrey. Prof. Owen (p). 75.9.17.1. 



7 S, 10 9. NewForest,Hampshire. Miller Collection. 7. 7. 7. 2851- 



2867. 3023. 



9. Basingstoke, Hamp- Miller Collection. 7. 7. 7. 3611. 



shire. (W. P. Stark.) 



5,2 9. Alum Bay.Isle of Wight. 0. Thomas (c & p). 11.1.8.153-155. 



9 (albino) Winscombe, Somerset. P. A. Knight (o. & p). 4. 8. 9. 1. 



6, 4 9. Northlew, Devonshire. P. C. Wroughton 11. 1. 3. 170- 



(c & p). 174. 



2<J, 3 9. Chagford, Devonshire. Miller Collection. 7. 7. 7. 3606- 

 (W. P. Stark.) 3610. 



1 al. England. Dr. J. E. Gray (p). 46. 5. 2. 7. 



SoKEX ARANEUS SANTONUS Mottaz. 



1908. Sorex santonus Mottaz, Bull. Soc. Zool. de Geneve, i, p. 118, 



April 30, 1908. Type in Mottaz Collection. 

 1910. Sorex santonus Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 54. 



Type locality. — Lignieres-Sonneville, Charente, France. 



Geographical distribution. — Known only from the vicinity of 

 the type locality. 



Diagnosis. — Size as in Sorex araneus araneus and the other 

 small races ; colour throughout a nearly uniform dark sooty 

 brown. 



Colour. — Upper parts dark sepia anteriorly, deepening to 

 blackish posteriorly, the sides essentially similar to the back. 

 Underparts a slaty drab washed with wood-brown and forming 

 no evident contrast with sides and back, though a well-defined 

 line of demarcation is present. Tail blackish throughout. Feet 

 scantily clothed with inconspicuous brownish hairs. 



Shull and teeth. — The skull and teeth do not differ appreciably 

 from those of the other small races. 



Measurements. — Type (female), from Mottaz : head and body, 

 75 ; tail, 42 ; hind foot, 13. For cranial measurements see 

 Table, p. 51. 



Specimens examined. — Ten, all from the type locality (Mottaz). 



Remarks. — The Charente shrew is so different in aspect from 

 the other European races of Sorex araneus that it needs no 

 special comparison with any of them. Its peculiar colour is, 

 however, almost exactly duplicated by that of a larger, longer - 

 tailed form from Asia Minor. 



