44 GLIRES. THE RAT TRIBE. 



Mus caudd elongatd subnudd, palmis tetradactyltS) plan- 

 tis pentadactyliS) pollice mutico. Mus musculus. Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. Gmel. i. p. 128. 



Mus caudd elongatd) palmis tetradactylis absque ungui- 

 culo pollicari) corpore griseo.Mus musculus. Erxleben, 

 Syst. regn. animal, gen. 37, sp. 5, p. 391. 



Mus musculus. Common Mouse. Turton, i. p. 80. 

 Kerr, p. 229. 



Mus mino^ musculus vulgaris domesticus, caudd tereti 

 longd. Klein, quadr. disp. p. 57. 



Mus domesticus vulgaris, seu minor. THE MOUSE. 

 Raii. Syn. quadr. p. 218. 



Mus. Gesner, p. 714. Ruysch, i. pa. 1, p. 115. 



La Souris. Buff. Sonn. xxv. p. 199, tab. 6, fig. 3. 

 Cuv. Tab. Element, p. 139. 



Common Mouse. Penn. Quadr. ii. p. 184.- Penn. 

 Brit. .Zool. i. p. 122, tab. 11, n. 30. Shaw's Gen. Zool. 

 ii. p. 56, tab. 131, ng. 2, 3. 



Mouse. Smellie's Buffon, iv. p. 282, tab.' 81, fig. 2. 



28. THE LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE. Tail long and 

 scaly ; body greyish brown above > whitish below ; the co- 

 lours abruptly separated on the sides. Mus sylvaticus. 

 Linn. 



Length, to the origin of the tail, from 3 to 4 inches; and of the 

 tail from 3 to 4 inches. Head thicker, and somewhat more clumsy, 

 than that of the common mouse: eyes larger and more prominent: 

 ears also more large, and nearly naked. /TAwforslong. Tail slightly 

 covered with hair. The females have six teats, two on the breast, 

 and four on the belly. These are so minute-as not to be visible ex- 

 cept about the time of parturition. 



Colour of the upper parts of the body greyish brown; and of the 

 under parts whitish. On the breast there is an oblong, rufous, or 

 ochrey mark. Hair on the tots, and beneath the tail> silvery. Claws 

 *?hite. Teeth yellowish. W. B. 



Common 



