GLIRES. THE RAT TRIBE. 45 



Common in dry, elevated grounds, particularly such as are woody, 

 or covered with thickets. 



Mus caudd longd squamosd, corpore griseo lutescente 

 subtus lateribusque abrupte albo. Mus sylvaticus. Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. Grnel. i. p. 129. 



Mus caudd mediocri^ corpore cano pilis nigris, pectore 

 JlavescentC) abdomine albido.Mus sylvaticus. Erxleben, 

 Syst. regn. animal, gen. 37, sp. 4, p. 388. 



Mus st/lvaticus. Field Mouse. Turton, i. p. 80. 

 Kerr, p. 230. 



Mus caudd longd supra jlavescens, infra ex albo cine- 

 rascens. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 174. 



Mus domesticus medius. Rail. Syn. quadr. p. 218. 



Le Mulot. Buff. Sonn. xxv. p. 204, tab. 7, fig. 1. 

 Cuv. Tab. Element, p. 139. 



Field Mouse. Penn. Quadr. ii. p. 184. Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. i. p. 120. Bing. Anim. Biog. 3d edit. i. p. 441. 



Wood Mouse. Shaw's Gen. Zool. ii. p. 58, tab. 132. 



Long-tailed Field Mouse. Smellie'e Buffbn, iv. p. 285., 

 tab. 82, fig. 1. 



29. THE HARVEST MOUSE. Tail long, and slightly 

 hairy ; ears somewhat longer than the fur of the head ; body 

 ferruginous brown above, white below. Mus messorius. 

 Shaw. 



Length, to trie origin of the tail, seldom more than 2J inches; and 

 of the tail about 2 inches. ff r eight about the sixth part of an ounce. 

 Much smaller and more slender than the Field Mouse, to which it 

 has a considerable alliance both in colour and appearance; ears by 

 no meaos so large in proportion as those of that animal ; and eyes less 

 prominent. 



The colour of the head and upper parts of the body is likewise a 

 much fuller red, being nearly the same as that of the Squirrel or Dor- 

 mouse, 



