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TAB. XLIX. 



SOREX ciliatus. 

 Fringe-tailed Water Shrew-mouse. 



Class 1. Mammalia, Order 3. Ferae. 



Gen. Char. 



Spec. Char. Black. Toes and tail with a white 

 fringe underneath. 



This, probably, new species of Sorex was caught in a ditch 

 in Norfolk by W. J. Hooker, Esq. It is larger than the 

 Land Shrew, and different in shape and colour. It is 

 about the size of the Water Shrew, but is neither so black 

 on the back, nor so white on the belly, being very nearly 

 of a similar tint all over; a grayish black, scarcely at all 

 lighter underneath. It is remarkable for a fringe of shortish 

 white hairs on the under side of the tail, which is blackish 

 with a white tip. The legs and toes are also fringed under- 

 neath with white hairs. 



