. Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum. CROCIDURA g9 parts varying from a slaty drab to dull usse , the hairs with a slight znetallic gloss and with reflections which in certain lights produc'e an evident effect of fane speck ing Underparts and inner surface of limbs buf^ white, dulled to a varying degree by the slaty under colour th^ chin and throat often suffused with cream-buff S'e of demarcation sharply defined, extending just below ear and eye and alongside of muzzle to middle of pad' The two
. Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum. CROCIDURA g9 parts varying from a slaty drab to dull usse , the hairs with a slight znetallic gloss and with reflections which in certain lights produc'e an evident effect of fane speck ing Underparts and inner surface of limbs buf^ white, dulled to a varying degree by the slaty under colour th^ chin and throat often suffused with cream-buff S'e of demarcation sharply defined, extending just below ear and eye and alongside of muzzle to middle of pad' The two extremes of colour probably represent ill-defined dichromatic phases Tlost ?U duirXSh 'ofr^'' "", '? ^^^"^ degree ^termediate ^eet dull whitish often irregularly clouded with drab Tail sharply bicolor, whitish below, concolor with back above tbe longer hairs silvery grey. ^^^ auo>e, uie Skull-The skull is slightly larger than that of Sorex araneus and noticeably more heavily built, particularly that portion feCd To ^it ;r""'' i^ ^';^'^^^^ '^ both VoadenL Ls S S- ? } i ^T'^'-'^^ ^"*^"^^ ^^P^^« less conspicuously fiom behind forward, whether skull is viewed from above or legion than in the European species of Sorex and Neomvs its main sutures closing early in life. Brain-case ^ ' slightly longer than broad, its posterior out- ^ --__ Ime rounded but broken by the slightly (L^=:^^X projecting points of the condyles, its antero- ^^^T""^'''^'^ external border straight, sharply angled in front; sagittal crest low but evident in adult skulls, meeting the complete lambdoid crests posteriorly. Depth of brain-case at middle slightly but constantly less than half greatest breadth (see tig. 20, page 100). Dorsal profile with a slight concavity at front of brain-case and slight convexity over middle of rostrum -Nares squarely truncate posteriorly, the ^"'-"• lateral wall abruptly angled near middle. "^""Nri^r"&q
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