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358 SOME OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH MICE. 



I imagine that hips gathered from the dog-rose, and berries 

 of various sorts, with bark and buds, gathered as occasion 

 requires, form his diet during the winter season. 



The bank-vole {arvicola glareolus). For the sake of con- 

 pleteness, I will just mention the bank-vole, an animal that 

 may well be mistaken for the short-tailed iield-vole ; it is 

 chiefly distinguished from this near relation by having a 

 longer tail. 



It is common in the Leigh Woods, and I believe my dog 

 killed an individual of this species on the Downs. 



