SYNOPSIS OF THE 



291. 1. S. Araneus, (Common Shrew, vulgarly called the 

 Shrew Mouse.) Mouse-coloured, lighter underneath ; tail 

 sub-quadrated, not quite so long as the body ; ears large 

 and naked ; incisors altogether white ? 



Sorex Araneus, L. viii. La Musaraigne, Buff. torn. viii. 



Icon. Daubenton^ Mem. de VAcad. des Sciences, 1755. 

 pi. 5. Buff'on, as above, yl. 10, /. 1. Geoff. Ann. du Mus. 

 t. 17. pi. 2. f. 2. Schreb. tab. 160. 



Inhabits Europe. 



Obs. The Shrew is subject to considerable superficial va- 

 riety, 



292. 2. S. Fodiens (the Water Shrew.) Black above, white 

 beneath ; ends of the incisors brown ; tail square ; ears 

 capable of being hermetically closed, by means of three 

 valves. 



Sorex Fodiens, Pallas. Sorex Carinatus, Hermann, Obs. 

 Zool. 46. Sorex Daubentonii, Erxleb. Musaraigne d'eau, 

 Daubenton, Mem: de VAcad. des Sciences, 1756. Le Greber, 

 Vic. d'Azyr. Syst. Anatotn. torn. iii. 35. 



Icon. Schreber. Daubenton, I. c. pi. 5. Jig. 2. Bufon, 

 torn. Till. pi. 10. 



Inhabits Europe. 



293. 3. S. Tetragonurus (Square-tailed Shrew.) Ears 

 short ; blackish above, ashy-brown underneath ; tail long, 

 and perfectly square. 



Sorex Tetragonurus, Herman. Obs. Zool. Geoff. Ann. 

 Mus. t. 17. pi. 2. /. 3, 



Icon. 



Inhabits France. 



294. 4. S. Constrictus (Flat-tailed Shrew.) Dark ash- 

 colour ; tail flat at its insertion, and at its extremity, but 

 round in the middle ; ears hid in the fur. 



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