2oo MAMMALIA. . FER^E. Shrew. 



fummer, the female produces five or fix young at a birth. Great numbers of this fpecies are found 

 dead in the paths every Auguft, without any evident caufe. The ears are fhort, and rounded ; the 

 eyes fmall, and aimoft hid in the fur ; the nofe long and {lender, the upper jaw being much longer 

 than the under. 



_j.i 6 6. Labradore Shrew. — Sorex arclicus. 



The head and upper parts of the body are dufky, and the fides of a brovvniih ruft colour. 

 Penn. Arc!:, zoo!, n. 67. % 



Inhabits Hudfon's Bay and Labradore. — The nofe is very long and fiender; the upper jaw extend- 

 ing far beyond the lower ; the -eyes are very fmall, and aimoft hid in the fur ; the ears are fhort. 

 Mr Pennant fuppofes that this fpecies, or variety of the Fetid Shrew, is likewife found in Carolina, as 

 Mr Lawfon, in his hiftory of that country, p. 125. mentions a Moufe found there which poifons cats. 



417 /3. Grey Labradore Shrew. — Sorex arclicus ciner ens. 



Of a dufky grey colour on the upper, and yellowifn white on the under parts of the 

 body. Penn. Ar£t. zool. i. p. 139. 



Two fpecimens of this variety were fent by Mr Graham from Hudfon*s Bay at the fame time with 

 the other variety ; thefe Grey Shrews were both fmaller than the Fetid Shrew of Britain, one being 

 only two inches, and the other two and a quarter, in length. Mr Pennant thinks that both of thefe, 

 and the dufky fpecies, are only varieties of the Fetid Shrew. ' 



418 7. Surinam Shrew. — 8. Sorex furinamenfis. 8. 



The tail is fcarce half the length of the body ; the body is chefnut coloured on the 

 upper, and below of a pale yellowifh afh colour. 



Inhabits Surinam. — In fize, fhape of the head and fnout, teeth, eyes, and feet, this fpecies re- 

 fembles the Water Shrew ; but the ears are like thofe of the Fetid Shrew : The tail is covered with 

 very fhort, fmooth, clofe fet hair, cinereous on the upper, and whitifh on the under fide ; the muzzle, 

 round the mouth, is white. 



419 8. Timid Shrew. — 9. Sorex puftllus. 9. 



The tail is fhort, and has the hair partly filed towards the fides ; the ears are rounded. 

 Erxleb. mam. 122. S. G. Gmelin, It. iii. 499. t. 75. f. 1. 



Inhabits the deferts of Perfia. — This animal lives in holes, which it burrows in the ground : The 

 body is about three inches and a half in length, of a dark grey on the upper, and afh coloured on the 

 lower parts ; the teeth are like thofe of the Fetid Shrew, but in other refpe&s it refembles the Suri- 

 nam fpecies, though confiderably larger. 



420 9- BrafiHan Shrew,-- id. Sorex brafilunfis. 10. 



Of a dark colour, with three broad flripes of black along the back. Erxleb. mam. 127. • 



Mufaraneuf 



