Arvicola pratensis [Meadow Mouse].
Like the last in appearance and habits. It is recognisable by its much longer tail.
Sorex araneus [Common Shrew].
Plentiful.
Sorex fodiens [Water Shrew].
Found along burnsides, and occasionally in ditches.
Sorex remifer [Black Water Shrew].
Not so frequently found as the last. The water shrew is very difficult to be taken. I never could manage to trap any of them. They baffled all my ingenuity. My only resource was the gun, and even with it I have often had enough to do. I have sat for from six to seven hours without moving, watching for an opportunity of shooting the water shrew, and been doomed to disappointment at last.
Lepus timidus [Common Hare or Maukins].