1054 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVIIl 
Soriculus nigrescens cauriiius, subsp. n. 
Resembling the typical form in proportions, but colour colder and greyer. 
.Size rather larger than in typical nigrescens (H.F. usually 1.5mm., condylo- 
basal length of skull about 22'5mm.) Tail, feet and ears as in n. 7iigrescens 
shorter than in n. centralis. 
Colour near “ chaetura drab” above and below, but under surface with 
u.sually a well marked brownish suffusion. Hands and feet dusky, tail dusky 
throughout. 
For measiu’ements see table at p. 1054. 
Habitat : — Kumaon. 
Type Adult male. B.M. Xo. 14.7.10. 245. Original Xo. 3714. Collected 
September 11th, 1913, at Khati, Kumaon (altitude 7,600') by Mr. C.A. Crump 
for the Mammal Survey ; presented to the British iluseum by the Bombay 
Xatural History Society. 
So)'iculus nigt'escens centralis, subsp. n. 
Distinguished from the typical form mo.st readily by its darker colour : and 
different proportions. 
Size rather large (HF. 15-16mm. ; condylo-basal length of skull about 23) 
Tail, feet and ears relatively longer (see table at p. 1055). Colour very dark 
near “ dark mouse grey ” of Ridgway ; dorsal and ventral surfaces alike, the 
latter jjei-haps a little greyer. Hands, feet and tail dusky ; but the terminal 
5mm. of the tail white in all four specimens examined. For measurements see 
table at p. 1055. 
Habitat : — Xepal. 
Type: — Adult male B.M. Xo. 22-5-16-17 Original Xo. 322 collected Jan. Ist, 
1921, by X. A. Baptista for the Mammal Survey at Bouzini Xepal; presented 
to the British Museum by the Bombay Xatural History Society'. 
Soriculus nigrescens. 
A. External measurements and proportions. 
Millimetres. 
Percentages. 
Head 
& 
Body. 
Tail. 
Hind- 
foot. 
Ear. 
1 
H. & B. Tail. HF. Ear. 
(percentages). 
Soriculus n. nigrescens.iaa.x. 
88. 
47. 
15. 
10. 
min. 
70. 
34. 
14. 
7. 
average of 36 : — 
80-2. 
41-3 
14-3 
8-4 
= 100-51 -5-17 •8-10- 4 
Soriculus n. pahari ty'pe 
84. 
38. 
15. 
8. 
max. 
93. 
47. 
16-5 
10. 
min. 
82. 
36. 
15. 
8. 
average of 26 ; — 
87. 
42-5 
15-4 
8-6 
= 100-48 -9-1 7 -7-9 -9 
