46 GLIRES. THE RAT TRIBE. 



mouse. Belly white; and the division of the colours of the upper 

 and under parts so abrupt, as to appear almost like a line. W. B. 



In corn-fields, corn-ricks, and barns, in Hampshire, Sussex, Wilt- 

 shire, and Dorsetshire. 



Mus syfaaticus, var. 12. Harvest Rat. Linn. Syst. Nat. 

 Gmel. i. p. 129. 



Mus supra ferrugineus, subtus albus, caudd longd sub- 

 pilosd, auriculis vellere longioribus. Mus messorius. 

 Shaw's Gen. Zool. ii. p. 62. 



Mus messorius. Harvest Mouse. Turton, i. p. 81. 

 Kerr, p. 230. 



Harvest Mouse. Penn. Quadr. ii. p. 185. Penn.Brit. 

 Zool. i. p. 121. Shaw's Gen. Zool. ii. p. 62, frontisp. 

 Bing. Anira. Biog. 3d edit. i. p. 443. 



Harvest Rat. First and second editions of Pennant's 

 Quadrupeds. 



30. THE MEADOW MOUSE. Tail short and somewhat 

 hairy, ears projecting above the fur, fore-feet each with 

 three claws, thumb without a claw, body dusky. Mus 

 arvalis. Linn. 



This animal differs very much in size in different countries. In 

 England it is generally known to measure, from the nose to the 

 origin of t)ie tail, about 6 inches; whilst in France, M. Daubenton 

 speaks of it as measuring only three inches. Tail seldom more than 

 an inch and a half in length. Head large, and thick; and muzzle 

 broad and blunt. Eyes dark and prominent. Ears wide, but scarce- 

 ly longer than the fur. Legs, and particularly the fore-legs, very 

 short, and slender. Tail thin, covered with short hair, and generally 

 terminating in a little tuft. The female has six teats, of which four 

 are situated on the belly, and two on the breast. 



Fur, on the upper parts, very close and compact, and of a dusky 

 ferruginous colour : that of the under parts cinereous. Teeth orange- 

 coloured. 



Common about corn-fields and hederes, W. B. 



Mus 



