38 FEFLE. THE URCHIN TRIBE. 



Water Shrew. Penn. Quadr. i. p. 225. Perm. Brit. 

 Zool. i. p. 126, tab. 11, n. 23. Shaw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 

 424, tab. 118. 



Water Shrew, or blind Mouse. Sraellie's Buffon, iv. p. 

 308, tab. 86, fig. 2. 



22. THE FRINGE-TAILED WATER SHREW. Tail of 

 middle length; body blackish brown, above and below; 

 toes and tail with a white fringe underneath . Sorex Ciliatus. 

 Sowerby's British Miscellany, i. p. 103, tab. 49. 



Length, to the origin of the tail, 4| inches ; and of the tail 2| inches. 

 In size somewhat larger than either of the preceding species. Ears 

 tipped with wnite hairs. Eyes small. Tail of middle length, fringed 

 with white underneath, and tipped with white. Legs and toes fringed 

 also underneath with white. 



Colour of the upper parts blackish brown, mixed with cinereous 

 hairs ; of the throat, breast, and belly, nearly the same. W. B. from 

 Mr. Sowerbys specimen. 



A single specimen discovered in a ditch near Norwich. 



THE URCHIN TRIBE. Upper front-teeth two, dis- 

 tant : lower front-teeth two, approximated : canine-teeth 

 five on each side above, and four below : grinders four on 

 each side, both above and below : upper parts of the body 

 covered with spines. ERINACEUS. Linn. Syst. Nat. 

 Gmel gen. 20, i. p. 115. 



The whole of the sole of the feet is applied to the ground 

 in walking. Tail short. W.B. 



23. THE HEDGEHOG. Ears rounded, nostrils crested. 

 Erinaceus Europasus. Linn. 



Length^ td the origin of the tail, about 10 inches: tail seldom more 

 than an inch lon. Muzzle somewhat lengthened and slender, ter- 

 minating 



