I20 



FIELD MOUSE. Class 1. 



z8. Field. Mus domefticus mcdius. Mas fylyaticus M c^^^^^^^^^ 



n •■ /• ^ -7 19 palmis tctraclactylis, pianiis 



uTc&'iJTotjXr^ e p^n:adaaylis, co,.pore gnfeo 



furco flavcfcc^s infra ex piUs mgr.s, abdomme albo. 



albo cinercfcens. Brifon Lm.fyJl.S^. 



J .^, Faun. Suec. 30. 



i>/t#;/V»«. vU. ^^S, BrU. Z.l. 49. ^y- luad. Nc. 



Tab: 41. ^3°- 



Brit. Llygoden ganoUg. Fre„. Le Mulot 



Llygoden y maes D"". Voed 



THIS meafures from the nole-end to the 

 fettinc. on of the tail, four inches and half: 

 the tail is four inches long: the eyes are black, 

 Jaroe, and full : the ears prominent : the head and 

 up^er part of the body, is of a yellowilh brown, 

 mixed with fome dulky hairs : the breaR is of an 

 ochre color; the reft of the under fide is white: the 

 tail is covered with iliort hair. 



Thefe animals are found only in fields and 

 oardens : in fome places they are called bean-mu:e 

 from the havoke they make among beans when firft 

 fown They feed alfo on nuts, acorns, and corn, 

 forrr.ing in their burrows vaft magazines of winter 



provifion. 



Ssepe exiguus mus 



Sub terris pofuitque domos atque horrea fecit. 

 Virgil Georg. I. 18 1. 

 Often the little moufe 

 Illudes our hopes-, and fafely lodged below 



Hath 



Manners, 



