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and falling together at the most (for the purpose of this 

 paper) important time of the year, i.e., the breeding 

 season ; and the fact that I have found no exception to 

 contradict the general conclusion is itself a most important 

 point in its favour. 



By the kindness of Mr. Douglas English I am able to 

 reproduce a couple of his beautiful photographs of the 

 Common and the Lesser Shrew. 



