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is entirely domeftic, being never found in fields ; 

 or, as M. Buffon obferves, in any countries unin- 

 habited by mankind : it breeds very frequently in 

 the year, and brings fix or feven young at a time. 

 This fpecies is often found of a pure white, in 

 which fi:ate it makes a mod beautifull appearance; 

 the fine full eye appearing to great advantage, 

 amidft the fnowy color of the fur. The root of 

 white hellebore ^nd Jlaves-acre, powdered and mixed 

 with meal, is a certain poifon to them. 



Mus agreftis capite grandi bra- Mus agreftis. Faun. Suec. 30, ^ i. Short 



chi\xr\xs. Rail fyn, quad. 218. De Buffon, Tom. vii. 369. tailed. 



Mus Cauda brevi pilis e nigri- Tab. 47. 



cante et fordide luteo mixtis Klein quad. 57 No. 50. , 



in dorfo et faturate cinereis Br. Zool. 50. Syn. quad. No, 

 in ventre veftitis. Briffon 233. 



quad. 125. 



Brit. Llygoden gwtta'r maes Fren. Le petit Rat de 

 Ital, Campagnoli champs, Le campagnol 



Dan. Skier-muus 



THE length of this fpecies, from the nofe Descrip, 

 to the tail, is about fix inches ; the tail only 

 an inch and a half: the head is very large: the 

 eyes prominent: the ears quite hid in the tur: 

 the whole upper part of the body is of a ferrugi- 

 nous color, mixed with black; the belly of a 

 deep afh-color : the tail is covered with fliort hair, 



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