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termine of what fpecies it is 3 its fize is fome- 
what fuperior to that of a moufe, its colour 
-dufky, mixed wirh tawny brown, and dirty 
white on the belly 3 its head is broad, like that 
of the fhort-tailed field moufe, and has a dufky 
line in the middle between the eyes, which 
extends, though rather indiftin&ly, all along 
the back 3 its ears are very finall and roundifli. 
16. 
This is likewife a very bad mutilated fpecimen* 
lefs than the common moufe, dufky and 
brown above, and whitifh below ; its ears are 
pretty large and prominent. 
17. Field Mouse. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 302. n. 
230. Mus Syhaticus , Linn. 
Two fpecimens 3 the defcriptions anfwer pretty 
well, the ears are large and round, the tail is. 
very long and whitifh below. 
18. Short-tailed Mouse. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 
305. n. 233. Mus terrejiris , Linn. Le Gampag- 
nol de Buffon. 
Mr. Pennant’s admeafuremertts do not quite 
anfwer, but M. d’Aubenton’s coincide. 
ip. Foetid Shrew. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 307. n. 
235. Sorex AraneuSy Linn. 
The fpecimen is much blacker on the back 
than the European Shrew, its fides are reddifh 
brown. 
20*. Shrew, 
