MAMMALIA. GLIRES. 10,11,12,13. 11 



Body hardly 6 inches long, thick, cylindrical, generally of a fine 

 glofsy black colour : snout slender : eyes extremely small, entirely 

 hid in the skin : external ears none -.feet extremely short, the fore- 

 ones larger and inclining sideways ; hind-ones pointing backwards: 

 flaws large and strong : tail an inch long ;.. skin very tough, soft and 

 silky. 



10. SO REX. Shrew. 



21. S. arancus. Reddish-brown, dirty- white underneath: 

 tail hardly as long as the body. 



Common Shrew. Shaw Zoel. t. 118. Bitffon 8. t. io./. i. 



Body about 2 inches and a half long, brownish with a ferruginous 

 - tint on the upper parts, whitish beneath : snout long and sharp- 

 pointed, the upper jaw much longer than the under, and beset with 

 long fine whiskers : eyes small and almost hid in the fur : ears short, 

 rounded : tail about 2 inches long, covered with short dusky hairs : 

 legs short, the hind-ones longer and placed close to the tail. 



52- SL foditns. Blackish, grey underneath : beneath the 

 tail a triangular dusky spot : toes fringed : tail shorter 

 than the body. 



Water Shrew. Penn. Zoo!, t. 1 1. Shaw ZooL t. 118. 



Body 3 inches and three quarters long, black on the upper parts, 

 pale ash-colour underneath, the throat and breast sometiincs pale 

 ferruginous: whiskers long, ash-colour: eyes almost hid in the fur : 

 ears minute, with a tuft of white hairs within : legs and feet white. 



23. S. ciliatus. Entirely greyish-black : tail and toes with 

 a white fringe underneath. 



Fringe-tailed Water Shrew., Sou. Brit. Misc. i. pi. 49. 



Body about the size of the last, entirely blackish, and scarcely 

 lighter underneath : taz'/with a fringe of white hairs underneath. 



11. ERINACEUS. Hedge-hog. 



24. E. europfpus. Ears short, broad, rounded : nostrils 

 bordered each side with a loose flap. 



Hedgehog. Urchin. Penn. Quad. t. 48./. 3. Shaw Zool. t, 1 2 1 . 



Body about 10 inches long, shaped like a hog : snout tapering, flat 

 at the end, dusky and covered with a few hairs ; the upper-lips clo- 

 ven: ears hairy: eyes small, black, placed high in the head: hair of the 

 head yellowish mixed with white; of the neck, feet, body, and tail 

 darker, of the breast and belly the same with a yellowish mixture: 

 legs short, dujky, nearly bare : toes long, divided the whole way; 

 the thumb much shorter than the rest : claws long, weak : spines 

 about an inch long, black in the middle and white at both ends ; tail 

 about an inch long. 



ORDER III. GLIRES. 



12. CASTOR. Beaver. 



25. C. Fiber. Deep chcsnut: tail ovate, nearly flat, naked. 



Beaver. Br. Zool. t. 9. Shaw Zool. t. 128. 



Body about 3 feet long, thick and very convex on the back : snout 

 obtuse : eyes small r ears short, covered with fur ; neck short, thick: 

 feet 5-toed, the hind-ones webbed : tail nearly a foot long, and 3 

 inches broad, covered with hair for about the fourth of its length: 

 the remaining part naked and scaly like a fish, a little convex hear 

 the base. 



13. MUS. Mouse. 



26. M. decumamts. Tawny-grey, whitish underneath: tafc 

 very long, scaly: hairs of the body bristly. 



Norway Rat. Shaw Zocl. t. 130, Brtfoa 8. t. 27. 



