FERJE. THE SHREW TRIBE. 37 



La Musaraigne. Buff. Sonn. xxr. p. 246, tab. 10, 

 fig. 1. 



La Musaraigne ordinaire, ou Musette. Cuv. Tab. Ele- 

 ment, p. 109. 



Fetid Shrew. Penn. Quadr. i. p. 224. Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. i. p. 125. 



Common Shrew. Shaw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 527, tab. 1 18. 



Shrew Mouse. Smellie's Buffon, iv. p. 303, tab. 86 ? 

 fig.l. 



21. THE WATER SHREW. Tail of mid die length: body 

 blackish above, cinereous below: toes fringed. Sorer 

 fodiens. Linn. 



Length, to the origin of the tail, about 3$ inches; and ofthe/otf 

 2 inches. Muzzle broader at the extremity than iivthe last species: 

 it is somewhat flat both above and below. Ears minute, their place 

 being chiefly marked by a small tuft of white hairs, proceeding from 

 their upper edge. Eyes situated near the corners, of the mouth, and 

 so small as to be almost hidden by the fur. The female has ten 

 teats. 



Colour of the upper parts glossy black: throat, breast, and belly 

 cinereous. Hairs of the whiskers black at the base, and cinereous at 

 their extremities. Legs and feet whitish. Teeth orange-coloured of 

 red at their extremities. W. B. 



Found about the banks of ditches and streams. Uncommon. 



Sorer cauda mediocri subnudd, corpore nigricante subtus 

 cinereOy digitis ciliatis. Sorex fodiens. Linn. Syst. IS at. 

 Gmel. i. p. 113. Sorer Daubentonti. Erxleben, Syst. 

 regn. animal, gen. 14, sp. 5, p. 124. 



Sorex fodiens. Water Shrew. Kerr, p. 204. 



Sorer bicolof. Water Shrew. Shaw's Naturalist's 

 Miscellany, tab. 55. Turton, i. p. 71. 



La Musaraigne d'eau. Buff. Sonn. xxv. p. 252, tab. 

 10, fig. 2. Cuv. Tab. Element, p. 109. , 



c 3 Water 



