PERFUMING SHREW. 
Pennant describes no less than sixteen dif- 
ferent species of the Shrew ; and they are all 
adopted, by Mr. Kerr, in his translation of 
Linnaeus, as follows — I. the Minute Shrew, 
or Sorex Minutus ; 2. the Musky Shrew, or 
Sorex ?iIoscliatus ; 3. the Water Shrew, or 
Sorex Fodicns ; 4. tlie javan Shrew, or Sorex 
Murinus ; 5. the Fetid Shrew, or Sorex Ara- 
neus ; 6. The Labradore Shrew, or Sorex 
Ar6licus, with a variety called the Grey La- 
bradore Shrew, or Sorex Art^ticus Cinereus ; 
7. tlie Surinam Shrew, or Sorex Surinamensis ; 
8. the Timid Shrew, or Sorex PusIUus ; 9. tiie 
Brasilian Shrew, or Sorex Brasiliensis ; lo. the 
Pigmy Shrew, or Sorex Exilis ; 11. the Blue 
Slirew, or Sorex CoeruliEus ; 12. The Mexican 
Shrew, or Sorex Mexicanus; 13. the White- 
footed Shrew, or Sorex Alhipes ; 14. the 
Square-tailed Shrew, or Sorex Quach-icau- 
datus ; 15. the Carinated Shrew, or Sorex 
Lericaudatns : and 16. the Uniform Shrew, 
or Sorex Unicolor. 
The last four animals, however, Mr. Kerr 
remarks, " thougli ranked by Mr. Pennant as 
distinct species of this genus, 1 am a|)t to sus- 
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