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most dry, open, upland fields and sheep-walks, far removed from 

 water : what they may do in the night I cannot say. Worms are 

 their usual food, but they also eat toads and frogs. 1 



I can show you some good specimens of my new mice. Linnaeus 

 perhaps would call the species Mus minimus. 



1 White was mistaken in supposing that the stone-curlew does not frequent 

 water. He knew it only in its summer breeding-time. In winter it habitually 

 haunts wet and marshy places. ED. 



