THE PYGMY OR LESSER SHREW 



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DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES:— 



Specimens Measured in the Flesh. 



Head and 

 body.i 



Tail 



without 



terminal 



hairs. 



Hind foot 



without 



claws. 



Ear. 



Weight in 

 grammes. 



Males. 



One, Sliye, Inner Hebrides (J. Steele 



Elliott) 



One, Stornoway, Lewis, Outer Hebrides 



(Colonel Hawlcer) 



One, Barra, Outer Hebrides, 21at May 



(N. B. Kinnear) 



One, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, 13th 



June (N. B. Kinnear) .... 

 One, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, 28th 



June 



One, vSouth Uist, Outer Hebrides, 1st 



June 



Two, Orkney, 26th and 30th May (N. B. 



Kinnear) 



Six, Orkney and Outer Hebrides (N. B. 



Kinnear), average ... 



Twenty-eight, Reigate, Surrey ff^flfjt"' 

 (measured by L. E. Adams) -(^^i]^[„^^^^«„; 



55 



47(?) 



66 



60 



55 



58 

 / 56-5 

 I. 58 



58-9 

 63 

 56-6 

 49 



36 

 38 

 39 

 38 



41-5 



37 

 36 

 38 



38-25 

 42 

 39-4 

 86 



10 



11 



11 



10 



11 



10-5 



11 



11 



10-75 

 11-5* 

 10-8 

 10 



6-5 



6-5 



6-33 



7t 

 6-7 



4-73 

 4-54 



6t 

 4-5 



Females. 



One, Dalmeny, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, 



4th January (N. B. Kinnear) 

 One, North IJist, Outer Hebrides, 19th 



June 



One, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, 5th July 



{28th May 

 30th „ 

 dist ,, 

 9th Oct. 

 17th Nov. 



Six, Orkney ; two. Outer Hebrides ; and 

 one, Scotland (N. B. Kinnear), average . 



Twenty-four, Reigate, Surrey ff^'^^^'l'^ 

 (measured by L. E. Adams) {t^^\^^^ 



48 



55 

 60-5 

 54 

 59 



50 

 53 and 54 



54-38 

 62 

 66-5 

 52 



38-5 



38-5 



37 



35-5 



38 



35-5 

 36 and 41 



37-5 

 45 

 40 

 31 



10-5 



10-5 

 10 

 11 

 10 



11 



11 

 11 and 11 



10-66 

 11 

 10-8 

 10 



6-5 

 6-5 



5-6 



4-5 and 4-5 



5-41 

 7 



6-7§ 

 6 



4-03 



4-41 



5-79(contained 



6 embryos) 



3-2 



6-1 



4-6|i 

 3 



Sex Unknown. 



Sixteen, English and Welsh, dimensions 



from labels, average 

 Sir, Scotland, average 



One, Lundy Island (Coward and Oldham) 

 One, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides (N. B 



Kinnear) 



One, Barra, Outer Hebrides (W. E. de 



Winton) 



Eight, Isle of Man (taken and measured 



by C. H. B. Grant) 

 Ten, Ireland, average 



64 

 51-76 



56 



60-5 



56 



59-6 

 69-3 



37 

 40-6 



41 



38 



34 



40 

 36-2 



10 to 11 

 10 to 11 



11-6 



10 



11 



11-1 



10-95 



6 to 7 

 6 



(W. E, 



6-4 



66 

 Clarke) 



1 The snout may project 6 mm. beyond the incisors, which makes the head of a shrew proportionately 

 long as compared with that of most other mammals. 



* Once only. t 4 items only. t 7 items only. § 3 items only. i| 7 items only. 



There is no evi(dence to show that there is any constant sexual 

 difference in dimensions. The most accurate measurements are those 



