termine of what fpecies it is ; its fize is fome- 

 what fuperior to that of a moufe, its colour 

 dufky, mixed wirh tawny brown, and dirty 

 white on the belly ; its head is broad, like that 

 of the fhort-tailed field moufe, and has a dufky 

 line in the middle between the eyes, which 

 extends, though rather indiftinctly, all along 

 the back -, its ears are very fmall and roundifh. 



16. 



This is likewife a very bad mutilated fpecimen* 

 lefs than the common moufe, dufky and 

 brown above, and whitifh below ;, its ears are 

 pretty large and prominent* 



17. Field Mouse. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 302. n„ 



230. Mus Syhaticus, Linn. 

 Two fpecimens j the defcriptions anfwer pretty 

 well, the ears are large and round, the tail is 

 very long and whitifh below* 



18. Short-tailed Mouse. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p*. 

 305. n. 233. Mus terreftris, Linn. Le Gampag- 

 nol de Burfbn. 



Mr. Pennant's admeafurements do not quite 

 anfwer, but M. d'Aubenton's coincide. 



19. Foetid Shrew. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 307. n. 



235. Sorex Araneus, Linn. 

 The fpecimen is much blacker on the back 

 than the European Shrew, its fides are reddifh 

 brown, 



20, Shrew. 



