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MURIXE SHREW. 



Sorer Murnrus. S. cauda mediocri, corporefusco, pedibvs cauda- 

 que cinereis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 74. 



Brown Shrew, with ash-coloured feet and tail, the latter of mid- 

 dling length. 



Murine Shrew. Pennant Quadr. a. p. 424. 



THIS is about the size of a common Mouse, 

 and is of a brown colour, with pale ash-coloured 

 feet and tail, which latter is rather shorter than 

 the body, and but slightly hairy: the ears are 

 rounded and almost naked : the snout elongated, 

 and channelled underneath, and is also beset with 

 long vibrissae. It is a native of Java. 



PERSIAN SHREW. 



Sorex Pusillus. S. auriculis rotwdatis, cauda breci subdistkha. 



Lin, Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 115. 



Shrew with rounded ears, and short subdistichous tail. 

 Persian Shrew. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 227. 



THIS is said to be rather larger than the Suri- 

 nam Shrew, measuring about three inches and a 

 half: it is of a dusky-grey above, and pale ash- 

 coloured beneath : in the form of its teeth it is 

 nearly allied to the common Shrew, and is a na- 

 tive of the northern parts of Persia. 



