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and among these are scattered longer silky hairs, of which 

 a few are also seen in the posterior and inferior parts of the 

 body. 



A specimen found at Pidurutalagala (8,000 feet) mea- 

 sured as follows : — 



Length of head and body ... 3 j inches. 



Length of tail ... ... 2\ „ 



Length of hind feet ... ... 8*12 „ 



I am indebted to Mr. Montenach, H. M. 15th Regiment,, 

 for this and many other interesting animals of Nuwara 

 Eliya. This black shrew is also found in other parts of the 

 Kandyan Provinces. 



Sorex Feroculus, n. sp., nobis. 

 Fur soft, above bluish black, beneath lighter coloured ; 

 tail black, rounded, tapering ; tip naked, flesh-coloured * 

 claws white, those of the fore feet elongated, compressed, 

 acute. It is somewhat larger and fuller in the face, but in 

 many other respects this animal resembles the last described- 

 It is a spirited lively animal even in confinement. 



Sorex Ferrugineus, n. sp., nobis. 



Fur soft, ferruginous brown, washed with blue, smaller 

 than the S. montanus; feet and legs naked. Large secret- 

 ing glands on the pubis ; odour very disagreeable. No* 

 cetse or glands could be traced on the two other species^ 

 nor had they any of the smell. 



I am indebted to Mr. Alexander Gordon, of Dimbula, for 

 a specimen of this small shrew, which he found 1 on a coffee 

 estate. 



There are two other larger black shrews than any of those 

 now described, one in the possession of Mr. Thwaites, of 

 Peradeniya, and the other— with a very powerful musky 

 odour, stronger even than in the S. murium — occasionally 

 seen in the godowns at Kandy, of which further notice 

 hereafter, 



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