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MURINE SHREW. 
Sorex Murinus. S. caiida mediocri, corporefusco, jjedlbvs cauda- 
que cinereis. Lin. Syst, Nat. p. 74. 
Brown Shrew, with ash-coloured feet and tail, the latter of mid* 
dling length. 
Murine Shrew. Fennant Quadr. 2. p. 424. 
This is about the size of a common Mouse, 
and is of a bro^\^u colour^ with pale ash-coloured 
feet and tail, which latter is rather sliorter than 
the body, and but slightly hairy: the ear^* are 
rounded and almost naked : the snout elongated, 
and channelled underneath, and is also beset with 
long vibrissce. It is a native of Java. 
PERSIAN SHREW. 
Sorex Puslllus. S. auricuUs rohmdatisj cauda breii s-ubdistkha. 
Li?i. S]/st. Nat. Gmel. p. 115. 
Shrew with rounded ears, and short subdistichous tail. 
Persian Shrew. Pe?ma?it Quadr. .2. p. 227. 
This is said to be rather larger than the Suri- 
nam Shrew, measuring about three inches and a 
half : it is of a dusky-grey above, and pale ash- 
coloured beneath : in the form of its teeth it is 
nearly allied to the common Shrew, and is a na- 
tive of the northern parts of Persia. 
