WATER SHREW 



INSECTIVORA. 



149 



SORICID^. 



Genus, Crossopus. (Wagl.) 



Generic Character. — Incisors | : \, the upper ones curved, with a talon or 

 pointed cusp behind, at the bases, lower ones with their upper edge nearly 

 entire ; pre-molars ^ : {, the first upper one larger than the two following, the 

 fourth minute, first lower one smaller than the second. All the teeth more 

 or less stained with rufous. Feet and under surface of the tail ciliated with 

 stiff hairs. 



WATER SHREW. 



Sorex fodicns. (Pall.) 



Specific Character. — Nearly black above, white beneath, generally with 

 the colours distinctly separated; but sometimes the dark colour jjas-sing 

 wholly or partially on to the under surface, which is also sometimes stained 

 with rust-colour ; tall two-thirds the length of the body ; feet and tail ciliated 

 with strong white hairs. 



Sorex fodiens, (Pallas.) Sciireb. Saugth. p. 571. Linn. Syst. 



Nat. ed. Gmel. I. p. 113. Flem. IJrit. An. p. 8. 

 .Tenyns, Brit. Vert. p. IS. Blas. Saiig. Doutsch. 

 120. NiLSS. Skand. Faun. 37. 

 ,, Dauhentonii, Erxl. Syst. 124. Geoff. Ann. Mus. XVII. p. 176. 

 Fr. Cl'vier, in Diet, des Sc. Nat. XXXIII. p. 

 42.5. Desmar. Mammal, p. ISO. 

 ,, hicolor, SnAW, Nat. Misc. t. Iv. 



Cromyptis fodiens, Wagl. Isi.s. 1832. 275. 



AmpJiinorex Pennayiti, Grav, Ann. Nat. Hist. II. p. 287. 

 ,, fJjineavvK, Gray, N;it. Ann. Hi.'^t. II. 287. 



