THE FIELD MOUSE* 



many, musz, maus : in Holland,, muis, huis-muis : 

 in Sweden, mus: in Denmark, mum, lille muus: in 

 Poland, myss: in Hungary, eger : in Norway, huus- 

 muus : in Russia, mysch, domascliaaja mijsch. 



THE LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE*. 



FIELD MOUSE. FIELD RAT, OR WOOD MOUSE. 



The Field Mice frequent dry and elevated 

 grounds, particularly jsuch as are woody, or co- 

 vered with thickets. They are extremely common 

 in all the temperate parts of Europe. 



In some districts of France, and even in our own 

 country, these animals, small as they are, have at 

 times proved seriously destructive to the industry 

 of the farmer; ravaging, and committing great de- 

 predations in his corn-fields, and particularly in 

 such as are sown with beans or peas, of which they 

 sometimes devour the greatest part of the seed. 

 They likewise frequent meadows, woods, and gar- 



* Mus sylvaticus. Linnaeus. Le Mulot. Buffbn. 

 For the description of the Field Mouse, see the Synopsis, p. 44, 

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