214 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



Gen. SoreXj L. Shrew Mice. 

 (a). Praemolars above, 5. 



Snout pointed. Body clothed with soft silky hair ; tail 

 thin, long ; feet slender. 



13. SOEEX VULGAEIS, L. Allman Nabbmus. The Common 



Shrew. D. F. 



Length 2 in. 6 1. to 3 in. ; tail 1 in. 3 1. to 1 in. 5 1. 

 Ears short, totally hidden in the fur. Colour, above 

 dark grey brown ; below pale grey ; sides rusty grey ; 

 tail brown above ; paler under ; head as long as half 

 the rest of the body. But they vary much in colour as 

 well as size. 

 Is common all over Scandinavia. 



14. S. PYGM^US, Pall. Tjock svansad Nabbmus. F. 



Length 1 in. 71.; tail 1 in. 3-^1., without the hair 

 pencil at the end, which is 2^- 1. Tail thick ; reaches 

 to the ears when it is laid back, with open hair, through 

 which the rings are seen ; obtuse at the end. Colour, 

 dark brown above ; under white- grey. 

 Has lately been added to the Swedish fauna from 

 specimens taken in Scania. I have met with it in South 

 Wermland. It is, however, rare everywhere. Native home, 

 Siberia. 



The greater proportionate length of the thick blunt tail 

 will always serve to distinguish this species from the young 

 of the last. 



15. S. PUMILUS, Nilss. (N. Sp.) Dverg Nabbmus. 



Length 1 in. 4 1. ; tail, without the hair tip, 1 in. 

 2i 1. ; thin ; when laid back reaches to the eyes ; 

 covered with long hair, through which the rings do not 

 appear; ends with a pointed hair pencil; head as long 

 as the rest of the body. Colour, above rusty grey-brown, 

 below white. 



Added to the Swedish, fauna from a single specimen 

 taken in Scania. 



