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length, forming at the tip a tuft of two lines long, constricted 

 at the root, then thick and rounded; lower incisor den- 

 ticulated ; snout Yery long, and velvety ; ears very short, 

 hidden in the fur, but more easily seen than in S. tetrago- 

 minis. Upper parts of the head and body grey-brown, tinged 

 more or less with tawny reddish ; all the lower parts ashy, 

 except the throat and lips, which are whitish, tinged with 

 red-brown ; feet whitish, more hairy on the claws than 

 in S. teiragonurus. 



Weight, from 33 to 40 grains. Entire length, 3 inches 

 3i lines ; body, 1 inch 10 lines ; tail, 1 inch 5^ lines. — 

 F. M. Is the smallest quadruped next to S. Etruscus. 



Has been found in Belgium twice by M. de Selys Long- 

 champs. Inhabits Eussia, Siberia, and Germany, as far 

 west as Frankfort-on-the-Main. Is said by Gervais to 

 have been found near Strasburg. Is not uncommon in 

 Silesia, Gallicia, and the Bukovina. 



Sorex alpinus. 



Sorex alpinus, De Selys, Micromm. ; Schinz, Faun. Helv. 



Description. — In shape the same as S. araneus, but the tail 

 is longer than the body, so as at once to distinguish it from 

 that species. Ashy above, covered with long white hairs 

 beneath. The dentition resembles that of S. teiragonurus. 

 The lower incisors are toothed. The general colour of the 

 fur is pure slate-grey above, passing insensibly to a lighter 

 shade beneath ; feet ashy ; whiskers very long, whitish. 



Entii-e length, 5 inches 2 lines ; body, 2 inches 6 lines ; 

 tail, 2 inches 8 lines. — F. M. 



Discovered on the Mount St. Gothard, and first made 

 kno^Ti by Professor Schinz, in his ' Fauna Helvetica,' as 

 frequenting the banks of mountain torrents in that part of 

 the Alps. 



