THE PYGMY OR LESSER SHREW 



IIS 



DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES: 



Spbgimens Measttbbd zn THE) Flesh. 



Head and 

 body.i 



Tail 



without 



terminal 



hairs. 



Hind foot 



without 



claws. 



Weight in 

 grammes. 



Males. 



One, Bkye, Inner Hebrides (J. Steele 



Blllott) 



One, Stornoway, Lewis, Outer Hebrides 



(Colonel Hawker) 



One, Barra, Outer Hebrides, 2l8t May 



(N. B. Kinnear) 



One, North Uiat, Outer Hebrides, 18th 



June (N. B. Kinnear) .... 

 One, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, 28th 



June 



One, South TJist, Outer Hebrides, 1st 



June 



Two, Orkney, 26th and 80th May (N. B. 



Kinnear) 



Six, Orkney and Outer Hebrides (N. B. 



Kinnear), average . . . . 



Twenty-eight, Beigate, Surrey/^*'^'™"™ 

 (measured by L. B. Adams)|^y«[Xn' 



65 



4T(?) 



86 



60 



65 



58 



66-8 



58 



66 •« 

 49 



88 



41-6 



87 

 36 

 38 



88-26 

 42 

 89-4 

 36 



10 



11 



11 



10 



11 



10-5 



11 



11 



10-75 

 11-6* 

 10-8 

 10 



6-5 



6-6 



7t 

 6-7 



4-73 

 4-54 



6 

 4-5 



One, Dalmeny, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, 



4th January (N. B. Kinnear) 

 One, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, 19th 



June 



One, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, 5th July 



128th May 

 80th „ 

 81st 

 9th Oct. 

 17th Nov. 

 [ebrides ; and 

 one, Scotland (N, B. Einnear), average . 



Twenty-four, Beigate, Surrey/^*!''™"™ 

 (measured by L. E. Adams) U^Xum 



43 



55 

 60-5 

 54 

 69 



66 



60 

 58 and 64 



66-5 

 52 



38-6 



37 



36-6 



35-6 

 36 and 41 



87-5 

 45 

 40 

 81 



10-6 



10-6 

 10 

 11 

 10 



11 



11 

 11 and 11 



10-66 

 11 

 10-8 

 10 



6-5 

 6-5 



6-5 



1-6 and 4-5 



6-41 



7 



6-7§ 



4-03 



4-41 

 -79(contained 

 6 embryos) 



3-2 



6-1 



4-611 



Sex Unknowk. 



Sixteen, English and Welsh, dimensions 



from labels, average 

 Six, Scotland, average 



One, Lundy Island (Coward and Oldham) 

 One, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides (N. B 



Kinnear) 



One, Barra, Outer Hebrides (W. B. de 



Wlnton) 



Bight, Isle of Man (taken and measured 

 - by C. H. B. Grant) 

 Ten, Ireland, average 



64 

 51-76 



55 



60-5 



66 



69-6 

 59-3 



87 

 40-6 



41 



38 



34 



40 

 36-2 



10 to 11 

 10 to 11 



11-6 



10 



11 



11-1 

 10-95 



ito7 

 6 



6-4 



(W. E. 



66 

 Clarke) 



1 The snout may project 6 mm. beyond the incisors, which makes the head of a shrew proportionately 

 long as compared with that of most other mammals. 



* Once only. t 4 items only. t 7 items only. § 3 items only. || 7 items only. 



There is no evidence to show that there is any constant sexual 

 difference in dimensions. The most accurate measurements are those 



