LONG-NOSED SHREW. 
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GENERAL REMARKS. 
The American Shrews may be easily arranged into three natural groups ; 
first, those with short ears and tail, of which Sorex JDeKayi would form the 
type ; second, those with large palms, broadly fringed, such as S. fimbripes ; 
and third, those with long ears and tail, of which the present species 
would be the type. 
W e perceive that Dr. DeKay has formed the present species into a new 
genus, Otisorex ; but as the European naturalists had previously proposed 
a number of genera, one of which would include the present species, we 
prefer for the present leaving our American Shrews in the genus Sorex. 
W e have no hesitation in saying that Dr. DeKay’s species platyrhinus, on 
which his genus was founded, is identical with S. longirostris, the subject 
of our present article. 
