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8. S. feeeugineus, Kelaart, J. A. S. XX, 185: S. montanus 

 apud nos (misled by a label), ibid. 163, vide XXI, 350, note. Hab. 

 Ceylon. N. B. The dimensions of the specimen described in J. A. S. 

 XX, 1G3, accord with those assigned by Dr. Kelaart to the next 

 species ; and he states that the two are nearly of the same size, and 

 that the smell of the present species is very powerfnl. 



9. S. montanus, Kelaart (nee apud nos, J. A. S. XX, 163). 

 " Length of head and body 3f in. ; of tail 2\ in. ; of hind-foot f in. 

 Pur, above sooty-black, without any ferruginous smear ; beneath 

 lighter-coloured : whiskers long, silver y -grey : lower part of legs 

 and feet greyish, clothed with appressed hairs. Claws short, whit- 

 ish. Ears large, round, naked ; the outer margin lying on a level 

 with the fur of the head and neck, and being thus concealed poste- 

 riorly." Mountains of Ceylon ("the blackest Shrew of the high- 

 est parts of the island." Kelaart.) 



N. B. Dr. Kelaart has lately forwarded an entire specimen in 

 spirit of a young female Shrew found at Gralle (!), though with the 

 three pairs of inguinal teats well developed ; which may prove to 

 be the young of S. montanus, but is perhaps distinct and new. If 

 so, S. Kelaaeti, nobis. Colour uniform blackish above and below, 

 slightly grizzled and glistening ; the fur short and close, with scat- 

 tered fine long hairs throughout (as described of S. montanus). 

 Length of head and body 2f in. ; of tail 1^ in. ; and of hind-foot 

 with claws f in. 



10. S. ptgm^us, Hodgson, Ann. Mag. N. H. XV, 269 : nee 8. 

 pygmceus, Pallas ; if the small European species referred by Schinz, 

 Kuppell, and others to the latter be correctly identified. S. pyg- 

 MiEUs, Pallas, apud Schinz, is placed by the latter zoologist among 

 the species with brown-tipped teeth, and in the division of them 

 which corresponds to Coesiea, Gray ; and the description— caudd 

 basi constrictd ; auriculis brevissimis ; — will certainly not apply 

 either to Mr. Hodgson's animal, or to various other minute Indian 

 Shrews hitherto undistinguished from it : and therefore Mr. Hodg- 

 son's name for the present species may stand, as he states the 

 structure of the animal to be typical.* The following is his descrip- 



* Since writing the above, we have seen the figure of Sorex pygm^us, Pallas 

 and Laxmann (S. minutus, L., S. exilis, Gmelin, and S. minimus, Geoff.), in th e 



