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until such time as specimens from the districts to which they 

 refer are available. There can be no doubt that they all have 

 reference to harvest-mice. 



Mus campestris, Desmarest, Mamra., Suppl. p. 543 (1822) 

 [giving a name to the " Mulot nain " of Geoffroy & 

 Cuvier]. 



"Mulot nain," Geoffr. & Cuv. Mamm. xxxiii e & plate (Oct. 1821). 



"Rat des Moissons," op. cit. lxiv e (Nov. 1830). 



Mus pumilus, Geoffr. & Cuv. op. cit. Tab. Gen. et M6th. (1842). 



France. 



Mus minutus flavus, Kerr, Animal Kingd. p. 232 (1792). 

 " Inhabits Siberia " (see above). 



Mus soricinus, Hermann, Obs. Zool. i. p. 57 (1804). 



Neighbourhood of Strasburg. Is figured by Shaw (Gen. 

 Zool. iv. 1, p. 133) with a very shrew-like appearance. 



Mus pendulinus, Hermann, op. cit. p. 61 (1804). 



Germany. 

 Mus parvulus, Hermann, op. cit. p. 62 (1804). 



Strasburg, Germany. 



Mus pratensis, Ockshay, Nov. Acta Leopold.-Carol., xv. 2, 

 p. 243 (1831). 



Western Hungary. The figure and description are those 

 of a harvest-mouse. This name antedates Mus arundinaceus 

 of Petenyi (vide infra) . 



Micromys agilis, Dehne, Hoflossnitz, p. 16 (1841). 

 Dresden, Germany. 



Mus meridionalis, Costa, Ann. dell' Accad. degl. Asp. Nat. 

 Nap. vol. ii. p. 33 (1844). 

 Naples, Italy. The description has been shown by 

 Dr. Forsyth Major (Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat. vol. iii. p. 129, 

 1884) to be based on a specimen of Mus minutus. 



Mus arundinaceus (Petenyi), Chyzer, Rel. Pet. Termes- 

 Fuzetek N., p. 91 (1881). 

 Buda-Pesth and Western Hungary. The type has been 

 lost, but Mr. Oldfield Thomas has been informed, in a letter 

 from Dr. Julius Madarasz, that it was a harvest-mouse, a 

 conclusion to which I had already come in the ' Zooloo-ist ' 

 for May 1896, p 181. 



