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XVIII. Contributions to the Biitish Faunsif 

 By the Rev. John Fleming, F. R. S. E. 



I. Sore^c fodiens, or Water Shrew, 

 Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 126.— Plate xi. No. 33. 



HT, 128 grains Length of the body, 

 3 inches. Tail, 2 inches. Above, black. Be- 

 neath, grey. Snout, long and a little compressed. 

 Whiskers, long. Eyes small, concealed in the fur, 

 with a small white spot above each. Ears like- 

 wise minute, with a paler tuft on the inside. In 

 the middle of the throat, a black spot. A nar- 

 row stripe of black along the belly. At the base 

 of the tail, a triangular black spot. Inside of the 

 feet and legs white ; the outer side black, con- 



f Weight of another specimen recently obtained, 186 grains. 



