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shorthairsandscatteredlongerbristles. Feet not ciliated ; toes 5 — 5, 

 free. Cutting teeth I (or ^' ?), white, the front upper uneąually bifid, 

 the 3 (or 4?)others becoming rapidly smaller to the last ; front lower 

 cutting teeth produced, upper edge rounded and entire. 



a. Larffer, tail thick, tapering, sides tvith a tvhite glandular spot. 

 Sorex pilorides, Shaw. 



Sorex gigantea, Geoft". 



Inhab. India. 



To this division should be referred Sorex myosurus, GeofF. Ann. 

 Mus. xvii. t. 3. f. 2. 3. S. crcmicaudatus, S. capensis, GeofF., S. 

 fiavescens, (C. G. H. Mus. Zool. Soc.) S. capensoides, (C. G. H. 

 Mus. Zool. Soc.) S. pulchellus, and S. pumilus if they are all di- 

 stinct froni one another. Gmelin in the deseription of the latter, 

 probably misled by the plate, considers the scattered longer hairs as 

 forming a subdistichous tail. 



b. Smaller ; tail very slender. Crocidura, Wagler. Sorex, Duver- 

 noy. Sunkus, Ehrenb. 



1. Sorex araneus, Schreb. t. 160. (French Shrew.) Pale grey 

 brown, paler beneath. 



Sorex araneus, Schreb. t. 160. GeofF. — Duvernoy, Meni. N. H. 

 Strasb. ii. t. cop. Jenyns, Mag. Zool. and Bot. ii. t. 1. f. 1. 

 Inhab. Europe, France. Brit. Mus. 

 Cutting teeth |, small. 



2. Sorex leucodon, Herm. ( White toothed Shreiv, Fenn.) Black 

 brown, w'hitish beneath. 



Inhab. Europe, France. Brit. Mus. 



Seealso Sorex efruscus, Sav. Crocidura major, C.rufa, C.moschata, 

 and C. poliogaster, of Wagler, which are probably only varieties of 

 S. araneus. 



4. AMPnisoREX, Duvernoy. Head elongate, ears entirely hid. 

 Tail elongate, slender, covered \vith short close-pressed hairs, when 

 young round, becoming subąuadrangular ; under side and edge of 

 the feet ciliated with a series of mobile bristles. SkuU elongate, 

 muzzle narrow ; cutting teeth ^į ; two centre upper uneąually bifid, 

 the three next on each side gradually smaller, the hinder very 

 sraall, two lower centrai simple. Grinders ^, rather large. 



This agrees with Crossopits in the structure of the tail and feet, 

 and in its aąuatic habits, but differs in the form of the teeth. 



1. Amphisorex Pennantii. {Pennant's Water-shretv.) 



Sorex fodiens. Flem — Jenyns's Brit. Anim. — Mag. of Zool. and 

 Bot. ii. t. 1. f. 4. 



Water Skrei'v. Penn.— Don.— Bell, Brit. Mam. 

 Inhab. Europe, England. Brit. Mus. 



2. Amphisorex ciliatus, (Black ivater shreio.) 

 Sorex ciliatus, So\v. Brit. Misc. ( 1 806) 



Sorex remifer, GeofF. Ann. Mus. (ISll) xvii. t. 1. f. 1. 

 Inhab. Europe, England and France. Mus. Brit. 

 Duvernoy describes another species under the name of Amph. Hcr- 

 tnannii. 



3. Amphisorex palustris. 



Sorer palustris, Richardson, Faun. Amer. Bor. 

 Inhab. N. America. Mus. Richardson. 



