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small species as occurring in a living state has been made. The discovery is entirely 
due to Mr. Charles Rothschild, who has taken an immense amount of trouble in 
obtaining specimens of various animals of which I stood in need for the purposes 
of completing this book. I have been unable to examine any of these shrew-mummies, 
but no hesitation is felt in applying the name originally given to the dried remains 
to the species now living. The larger shrew, of about the size of the common 
European species (C. russula), described by Geoffroy {op. cit. p. 143, pi. 4. fig. 2), 
would point to the probability of an as yet unknown species occurring at the present 
day in Egypt, while the very large species also figured by him is probably the remains 
of the shrew next described {Cr. crassicauda). 
Dr. Anderson has the following note on a specimen in the Stuttgart Museum 
labelled Crocidura aranea {—russula ):— 
“ Cairo, Dr. Klunzinger.—Snout to vent 44'5 millim.; tail 32. Pale sandy brown 
above, with an almost golden satiny sheen. Under surface dusky white. Tail clad 
with short greyish-brown hairs, and with numerous long, fine, dark brown hairs. Ears 
rather large.” 
By the kindness of Dr. K. Lampert, the Curator of the Stuttgart Museum, this 
specimen was sent to Dr. Anderson in London by post, but by some mischance the 
parcel was lost and never reached its destination. The size of the animal seems to 
agree with the species under notice ; the coloration does not fit so well, but the 
specimen was probably faded. However, in any case it could not have been a specimen 
of C. russula. 
Crocidura (Pachyura) crassicauda, Licht. (Plate XXIII. fig. 3.) 
Sorex giganteus, Is. Geoffr. Mem. Mus. xv. 1827, p. 137 (partim), pi. 4. fig. 3. 
Sorex crassicaudus, Lichtenstein, Darstell. Sang. pi. 40. fig. i. (1828). 
Suncus sacer, Ehrenb. Symb. Pbys., Mamm. ii. fob k (1832). 
Sorex indicus, Eiipp. Neue Wirbelth. 1840, p. 40. 
Pachijura gigantea, Eitz. & Heugl. SB. Ak. Wien, liv. i. 1866, p. 565. 
Pachyura duvernoyi, Fitz. SB. Ak. AVien, !vii. i. 1868, p. 136. 
Pachyura. crassicauda, Fitz. SB. Ak. Wien, Ivii. i. 1868, p. 137. 
$ . Suakin. Colonel Sir C Holled Smith, K.C.B. Brit. Mus. No. 92. 7. 20. 1. 
S ■ Houses of Suez. 
One of the largest of shrews. The tail is very thick at the base, gradually tapering. 
The skin is very pale, covered with fine silvery hair, but not so as to hide the 
minute scales; there are fine longer outstanding hairs scattered over its whole 
length ; the skin likewise of the snout, ears, feet, &c. is pale drab or yellowish white 
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