*ftg MAMMALIA. MiE. Shrew. 



with long crooked claws: This animal burrows in the ground, and makes fuch numbers of holes that 

 travellers can fcarce tread with fafety ; it feeds on roots and feeds ; and the flefh is reckoned \ ery 

 good to eat. — The Count de Buffon, on the authority of Fernandez, fays, that it is fo ftupid as not to 

 recognife its hole after having quitted it, and on this account it is obliged continually to dig new holes ; 

 but this is impoffible, as the female would never be able to difcover the retreat of her young ones. — T. 



424 13. White-footed Shrew.— -Sorex albipes. 



The tail is fiender and hairy; the head and upper parts Of the body are of a dufky afh 

 colour; the feet, belly, and teeth white. Penn* liift. of quad. n. 345. 



4 2 5 14. Square-tailed Shrew.— Sorex quadricaudatus. 



The tail inclines to a fquare form ; the head and upper parts of the body are of a duf- 

 ky afh colour ; the belly paler ; and the fore-teeth brown. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 346. 



426 15. Carinated Shrew. — Sorex liricaudatus. 



The tail is taper, fiender, and ridged underneath ; the head and upper parts of the 

 body are of a dufky afh colour, having a white fpot behind each eye ; the belly is 

 whitifh; and the fore-teeth are brown. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 347. 



427 16. Uniform Shrew. — Sorex unicolor. 



The tail is narrowed or compreffed at the bafe ; the whole body is of an uniform dufky 

 afh colour. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 348. 



Thefe laft four animals are ranked, by Mr Pennant, as diftinft fpecies of this genus, though' I am 

 apt to fufpect that they are only varieties of the Common Fetid Shrew, or Sorex Araneus. Thqf 

 were all difcovered, by Profeffor Herman, in the neighbourhood of Strafburg ; but, as Mr Pennant 

 does not quote the book, it is impoffible to afcertain their proper place in fyftem without farther 

 information. — T. 



XXII. U R CH IN.-21. E R IN AC E If S. 20. 



Has two fore-teeth in each jaw; thofe of the upper jaw being 

 diftant from each other, while the lower ftand clofe to- 

 gether : On each fide there are five tufks in the upper jaw, 

 and three on each fide in the lower: On each fide of both 

 jaws are four grinders. The back and fides are covered with 

 ftrong fharp pointed fpines. All che feet have five toes. 



