MAMMALIA. GLIRES. 10, 11, IS, 13. 11 



Body hardly 6 inches long, thick, cylindrical, generally of a fine 

 glofsy black colour : snout slender : eyes extremely small, entirely 

 hid in the skin : external ears none : feet extremely short, the fore- 

 ones larger and inclining sideways ; hind-ones pointing backwards: 

 claws large and strong ; tail an inch long : skin very tough, soft and 

 silky. 



10. SOR EX. Slirew. 

 SI. S. araneus. Reddish-brown, dirty- white underneath: 

 tail hardly as long as the body. 



Common Shrew. Shaw Zool. t. 1 18. Buff on 8. t. 10./. t. 



Body about 2 inches and a half long, brownish with a ferruginous 

 tint on^the upper parts, whitish beneath.: snout long and sharp- 

 pointed, the upper jaw much longer than the under, and beset with 

 long fine whiskers : eyes small and almost hid in the fur : ears short, 

 rounded : tail about 2 inches long, covered with short dusky hairs j 

 legs short, the hind-ones longer and placed close to the tail, 



2-2. S.fodiem. Blackish, grey underneath: beneath the 

 tail a triangular dusky spot : toes fringed j tail shorter 

 than the body. 



Water Shrew. Penn. Zool.t. 11. Shaw Zool. t. 118, 



Body 3 inches and three quarters long, black o» the upper parts, 

 pale ash-colour underneath, the throat and breast sometimes pale 

 ferruginous : whiskers long, ash-colour : eyes almost hid in the fur % 

 ears minute, with a tuft of white hairs within ; legs vn&feet white, 



23. S. ciliatus^ Entirely greyish-black: tail and toes with 

 a white fringe underneath. 



Fringe-tailed Water Shrew.- Sow. Brit. Misc. 1. pi. 49, 



Body about the size of the last, entirely blackish, and scarcely 

 lighter underneath : tail with a fringe of white hairs underneath, 



11, ERINACEUS. Hedge-Aog* 



24. K europ&us. Ears short, broad., rounded : nostrils 

 bordered each side M'ith a loose flap. 



Hedgehog. Urchin. Pern. Quad. t. 48,/, 3. Shaw Zool. U tai. 



Body about iq inches long, shaped like, a hog < snout tapering, flat 

 at the end, dusky and covered with a few hairs ; the upper-lips clo» 

 veniears hairy; eyes small, black, placed high in the head: hair of the 

 head yellowish mixed with white; of the neck, feet, body, and tail 

 darker, of the breast and belly the same with a yellowish mixture • 

 legs short, dusky, nearly bare : toes long, divided the whole way; 

 the thumb much shorter than the rest : claws long, weak : spines 

 about an inch long, black in the middle and white at both ends ; tail 

 about an inch long, 



ORDER til. GLIRES. 



12. CASTOR, Beaver. 



25. C. Fiber. Deep chesnut; tail ovate, nearly flat, naked. 



Beaver. Br. Zool. 1. 9. Shaw Zool. t. 128. 



Body about 3 feet long, thick and very convex on the back • snout 

 obtuse • eyes small: ears short, covered with fur ; neck short, thick: 

 feet 5-toed, the hind-ones webbed : tail nearly a foot long, and 3 

 inches broad, covered with hair for about the fourth of its length: 

 the remaining part naked and scaly like a fish, a little convex near 

 the base, 



13. MUS. Mouse. 



26. M. decumanus. Tawny-grey, whitish underneath : (aft 

 very long, scaly : hairs of the body bristly. 



Norway Rat. Shaw ZooL t % 130. Buff on 8. t, 27. 



