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short hairs and scattered longer bristles. Feet not ciliated ; toes 5 — 5, 

 free. Cutting teeth I (or ^ ?), white, the front upper unequally bifid, 

 the 3 (or 4?) others becoming rapidly smaller to the last ; front lower 

 cutting teeth produced, upper edge rounded and entire. 



a. Larger, tail thick, tapering, sides with a white glandular spot. 

 Sorex pilorides, Sha;v. 



Sorex gigantea, Geoff. 



Inhab. India. 



To this division should be referred Sorex myosurus, Geoff. Ann. 

 Mus. xvii. t. 3. f. 2. 3. S. crassicaudatus, S. capensis, Geoff., S. 

 Jlavescens, (C. G. H. Mus. Zool. Soc.) S. capensoides, (C. G. H. 

 Mus. Zool. Soc.) S. pukhelhis, and *S'. pumilus if they are all di- 

 stinct from one another. Gmelin in the description of the latter, 

 probably misled by the plate, considers the scattered longer hairs as 

 forming a subdistichous tail. 



b. Smaller ; tail very slender. Crocidura, Wagler. Sorex, Duver- 

 noy. Sunkus, Ehrenb. 



1. Sorex araneus, Schreb. t. 160. {French Shrew.) Pale grey 

 brown, paler beneath. 



Sorex araneus, Schreh. t. 160. Geoff. — Duvernoy, Mem. N. H. 

 Strasb. li. t. cop. Jenyns, Mag. Zool. and Bot. ii. t. 1. f. 1. 

 Inhab. Europe, France. Brit. Mus. 

 Cutting teeth |, small. 



2. Sorex leucodon, Herm. ( White toothed Shrew, Penn.) Black 

 brown, whitish beneath. 



Inhab. Europe, France. Brit. Mus. 



See also Sorex etruscus, Sav. Crocidura major, C.rufa, C.moschata, 

 and C. poliogaster, of Wagler, which are probably only varieties of 

 S. araneus. 



4. AiMPHisoREx, Duvernoy. Head elongate, ears entirely hid. 

 Tail elongate, slender, covered with short close-pressed hairs, when 

 young round, becoming subquadrangular ; under side and edge of 

 the feet ciliated with a series of mobile bristles. Skull elongate, 

 muzzle narrow ; cutting teeth ^^* ; two centre upper unequally bifid, 

 the three next on each side gradually smaller, the hinder very 

 small, two lower central simple. Grinders f , rather large. 



This agrees with Crossopus in the structure of the tail and feet, 

 and in its aquatic habit:?, but differs in the form of the teeth. 



1. Amphisorex Pennantii. {Pennant's Water-shreiv.) 



Sorex fodiens. Flem. — Jenyns 's Brit. Anim Mag. of Zool. and 



Bot. ii. t. 1. f. 4. 



Water Shrew. Penn.— Don. — Bell, Brit. Mam. 

 Inhab. Europe, England. Brit. Mus. 



2. Amphisorex ciliatus, {Black water shrew.) 

 Sorex ciliatus. Sow. Brit. Misc. (1806) 



Sorex remifer, Geoff. Ann. Mus. (1«11) xvii. t. 1. f.l. 

 Inhab. Europe, England and France. Mus. Brit. 

 Duvernoy describes another species under the name of Amph, Her- 

 mannii. 



3. Amphisorex palustris. 



Sorex palustris, Richardson, Faun. Amer. Bor. 

 Inhab. N. America. Mus. Richardson. 



