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SHORT-TAILED SHREW. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
The teeth of this shrew are white, brightly tinged with chestnut brown 
on the points, except the third and fourth lateral incisors in the upper 
jaw, which have merely a brown speck at the tips, and the fifth, which is 
white ; the posterior upper molar is small, though larger than that of 
S. Dekayi ; the incisors are less curved than those of the latter species ; 
there is also a striking difference in the head, that of the present species 
being considerably shorter, the skull more depressed and much narrower, 
appearing about one fourth less than that of Dekay’s shrew. 
From the number and appearance of its teeth, thfe specimen was evi- 
dently an old animal. 
