120 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 



nUS nUSCULUS ////;/. 

 House Mouse. 



Small : brown above ; pale brown beneath : length, including 

 tail, about 5 to 6 ; tail, 2.50 to 3. 



Abundant throughout the State in the vicinit\' of human hab- 

 itation. 



REITHRODONTOriYS HUfllLIS Ami. and Bach. 

 Harvest House. 



A small, dark brown mouse : length, including tail, about S to 

 5.75 ; tail, 2.25 to 2.60. 



This species is apparently not common. It has been taken at 

 Enterprise and Tarpon Springs. 



SITOriYS NIVEIVENTRIS {Chapma>i). 

 Ground Mouse. 



Above, pale brownish drab : whitish beneath ; others, yellowish 

 brown above : whitish beneath : length, including tail, about 5.30; 

 tail, 1.75 to 2. 



Common in many parts of Florida : abundant near the coast. 



SITOriYS NIVEIVENTRIS SUBQRISEUS Chapman. 

 Old Field Mouse. 



Darker than lu'vc/vcii/ris : brown above, under parts white ; 

 length, including tail, about 5.20: tail, 1.60 to 1.90. 



According to Mr. Chapman, it inhabits the interior, being re- 

 placed in the sandy lands, bordering the ocean, by the preceding 

 species. It frequents old fields. 



SITOnVS FLORIDANUS {Cha/>nian). 

 Big=Eared Deer House, 



Hesfcroiuys forid(niiis Chapman, Bull. Am, Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 II., 1887, p] 87. 



Ilcs-pcromys iiiarropiis Merriam. N. A. Fauna, No. 4, 1890, 

 P- S^- 



