S H R E W. fO$ 
in fome moift: place beneath the roots of trees : lives, 
on feeds : digs: runs fwiftiy : has the voice of a 
bat. 
S. murinus. S. cauda medio'cri, corpore fufco, pedibus caudaque z38»Mvrine« 
cincreis. Lin.fyfi. 74. 
Sh. with a long nofe, hollowed beneath : very long 
hairs about the noflrils : ears rounded, and rather 
naked: of an afh-color : body of the fee of a com¬ 
mon moufe : tail a little fhorter than the body, and 
not fo hairy. 
Inhabits Java. 
Mus araneus figura muris Marc- La mnfaraigne de Brafil, deBuf- 239. Brasil^ 
grave Brafil t 229. fan, xv. 160. IAN. 
Sh. with a fnarp nofe and teeth : pendulous fcrotum: 
of a dufky color, marked along the back w r ith three 
broad black ftrokes : length, from nofe to tail, five 
inches ^ tail two. 
Inhabits Brafil: does not fear the cat: neither 
does that animal hunt after it. 
Tucan. Fernandez Nav. Iiifp . 7. - 0> M E x I- 
Le I ucan de Buffon^ xv. 159. ^ CAN 
Sh. with a fharp nofe : fmall round ears: without 
fight: two long fore teeth above and below : thick, 
fat and flefhy body : fhort legs, fo that the belly al- 
moft touches the ground : long crooked claws : 
X 3 tawny 
