or about rocks and logs, they will occasionally make their nests of grass 

 and other soft materials under boards or pieces of sheet iron lying on the 

 ground. In places where the common house mouse is not found they 



No. 4. Tawny Deer-mouse, PeromyKcu.s ni. rnflmix. 



often come into houses and other buildings and act much as the latter does. 

 From my bed I have seen mice running about the floor of a log cabin. 

 The least movement and away they scampered. 



Their food consists of almost anything, I think. Seeds and berries of 

 all sorts, and meat is also eaten. They nibble about dead carcasses, and 



No. 5. Long-nosed Door-mouse, I'cromyseus iin.sutus. 



