PERFUMING SHREW. 
The Perfuming Shrew, as this curious and 
beautiful little animal is denominated by Pen- 
nant, is the Sorex Coerul^us, or Blue Shrew, 
in the Linnaean System published by Gmelin, 
thotS^h it was not known to the great Swe- 
dish naturalist. BufFon, too, appears to have 
been wholly unacquainted with this animal, 
which may be seen in the Leverian Museum. 
Indeed, it seems far from certain th^t, till 
lately, it had been at all observed by natura- 
li-sts. 
It has been conje6lured, that it may possi- 
bly be the Mus Pilorides of Pallas ; and it has 
even been thought the Mus Albus Zeylonicus, 
or Ceylonese White Rat, of Brisson. Doubt 
is, however, evidently entertained by Pennant, 
though he gives both as synonimes ; and, wc 
think, the doubt is far better founded than any 
idea of their being the same animal. 
Ill BufFon's Supplement to his article Rat, 
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