136 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



female brings forth in the month of April, five or 

 six at a birth. 



Inhabit all Europe, Asia, and North America. 

 From Canada to Carolina according to Penn. Arct. 

 Zool. Carolina, according to Lawson. 



/Species. 



2. ^rvicola xanthognatha. Meadozv Mouse. 

 Leach, Miscellanea, vol. i. pi. 26. p. 60. 



Arvicola xanthognatus, Sabine, append, p. 660. 



Char. Essent. Fawn coloured, varied with 

 black above, clear cinereus-gray beneath ; cheeks 

 yellowish. 



Dimensions. Total length five inches. 



Description. Tail black above, and white be- 

 neath; feet brownish, white beneath. This species 

 has some resemblance to the Arvicola vulgaris^ 

 (Mils terrestris, Linn.) 



Inhabits the borders of Hudson's Bay, state of 

 Ohio, Pennsylvania, &c. 



The exploring party under Major Long ob- 

 served this animal on the Ohio. Vid. Exp. to the 

 Rocky Mountains, vol. i. p. 369. 



Species. 



3. Arvicola palustris, (nobis.) 

 Marsh campagnol. 



Arvicola riparius, Ord, Journal of the PhiL 

 Acad, of Nat. Sciences, vol. iv. 



