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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE WATER SHREW MOUSE. 

 (La Musaraigne d 'Eau, Buff.) 



Is larger than the last. The upper part of its 

 body is black; the throat, breast, and belly of a 

 light ash colour. It is rarely to be seen ; frequents 

 the banks of rivulets and marshy places, where it 

 burrows. 



It is very numerous in Lincolnshire, but was 

 never observed there till about twenty years ago. 

 It is called, in that county, the Blind Mouse. 



