Some Forms 0/ Mus iiiusculus, Linn. 167 



in a row-boat to this island, but was promptly captured and 

 killed. It was the only individual of the species that the 

 natives had seen on Naalsoe. The Black Eat {Mus rattus) is 

 said to survive in certain remote localities.] 



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