SYNOPSIS OF THE 



a tint of yellow ; tail red, round, and half the length of the 

 body. 



Sorex Araneus Maximus, Petiver. Sorex Capensis, Geoff. 

 Ann. Mus. t.ll. 184. 



Icon. Petiver, t. 23. /. 9. Valentin. Mus. ii. 2. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



300. 10. S. Myosurus (Rat-tailed Shrew.) Entirely white ; 

 tail round, denuded; muzzle, thick. 



Sorex Myosurus, Pallas, Act. Petwp. 1781. torn. ii. 

 Musaraigne a queue de Rat, Desmarest, Ency. Method. 

 Art. Mammalogie, sp. 242. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. pi. 4. /. 1. Geoff. Ann. Mm. t. 17* 

 pi. 3. /. 2 and 3. 



Obs. Pallas describes the male of a brown-black, but M. 

 Geoffroy refers his individual to another species ; the female, 

 according to the formernaturalist, quite white, which seems 

 to be the result of albinism. The distinction, as a species, 

 therefore, is uncertain. 



301. 11. 5. Co^/am (the Collared Shrew.) Black, with a 

 white collar round the neck. 



Sorex Collaris, Geoff. Mem. Mus. 1. 309. 



Icon. 



Inhabits the Islands at the mouth of the Meuse. 



302. 12. S'. Etruscus (Tuscan Shrew.) Ashy-gray; white 

 underneath; ears round; large tail, subquadrate. 



Sorex Etruscus, Saviy Nuo. Giornal. 1. 60. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Tuscany. 

 • Others have been also named as distinct, as the S. Mu- 

 rinus of Gmelin, probably the S.Indicus; the S. Minimus 

 of Pallas, the S. Csecutiens of Laxman, the S. Minutus or 

 Pymseus of the same ; the S. Exilis, said to be the smallest 



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