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ERR A TUM 



The animal shown in the picture on page 54 

 is not the Water Shrew, but the Common Shrew, 

 Sorex araneus \vulgaris\, 



This little animal is common almost every- 

 where, and is often to be picked up dead on the 

 roadsides and in similar places, seemingly at times 

 affected by a serious epidemic which kills off 

 great numbers of them. They are very pug- 

 nacious and savage little animals, and fight 

 fiercely amongs"t themselves. They have a strong 

 musky smell, and owing to this, cats, although 

 they will kill them readily, very seldom eat 

 them. 



