THE FRINGE-TAILED WATER SHREW*. 



IN most of their habits and economy, there can 

 be no doubt that the animals of the present 

 species resemble those of the last. A single indi- 

 vidual only, has, however, been hitherto disco- 

 vered ; and this was caught by W. J. Hooker, Esq. 

 in the month of June, 1803, in a ditch near 

 Norwich, where he remarked that it swam and 

 dived with as much facility as a Water Rat. The 

 stuffed skin is now in the possession of Mr. Hooker. 



* Sorex ciliatus. Sowerby. 



For the description of this Shrew, see the Synopsis, p. 38, 



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