66 Miscellaneous Facts and Observations. 



hog was once very common in the tract of country 

 between the Missisippi and the Atlantic-Ocean. 



2. A very singular species of Mus, nearly allied to 

 the Mus bursarius of Dr. Shaw, is very common in the 

 sandy tracts of Georgia and Florida, where it is best 

 known by the names of Salamander and Earth-Rat. 

 The Editor, who has had an opportunity of examining 

 a living specimen of this animal, has satisfied himself, 

 that it is the Tucan of Hernandez ; and the Tuza or 

 Tozan of Clavigero. It is pretty well described by 

 the first of these writers, who seems to have studied, 

 with some attention, its peculiar manners. It feeds 

 on grain, roots, and other vegetable matters, and, it 

 is believed, is one of the species lethargicce, or ani- 

 mals which pass a portion of the winter season in a 

 torpid state. 



3. Another species of Mus, much larger than the 

 Tuza, and like it furnished with capacious cheek- 

 pouches, is a native of the country west of the Missi- 

 sippi, about latitude 38°. Of this species, however, 

 very little is yet known. 



4. A species of Mus, nearly allied to the Mus ar- 

 valis, is very common in the vicinity of Philadelphia, 



