lU 

 CHAPTER 11. 



PROTECTION AGAINST RODENTS. 



Section I. — General Account. 



1. List of Injurious Species. 



Hares and lUtldnts {Leporidac). 



The common hare {Lepus enropceus, L.). 

 The mountain hare (L. tiinidus, L.). 

 The raljbit (L. ctDiicuIus, L.). 



Sqairreh (Sciuridac) . 

 The common squirrel {Sciuriis viih/aris, L.). 



Dormice ( Mijo.iidae). 



The loir {Mijoxus f/lis, Schreb.). 



The common dormouse {M. aveUanarius, L.). 



The garden dormouse [M. nitela, Wagn.). 



Jlice (Mvrii /(//'). 



The common wood-mouse {Mas silvaticus, L.). 

 The long-tailed field mouse {M. agrarius, Pall.). 



Voles {Ari'irolidae). 



The water-rat (Arricola amphihius, J)esm.). 



The field vole, or short-tailed field mouse {A. atirestis, Bias.). 



The southern field vole {A. arvalis, Selys.). 



The hank vole {Jlypudceus {A.) (ilareolns, Wagn.). 



2. Damaric Done. 

 The above-mentioned animals damage the forest by eating 

 fruits and seeds, and gnawing young growth, breaking-oft" 

 young shoots, eating buds, peeling bark, and burrowing in the 

 ground. Pabbits, mice and voles do most harm, on account 

 of their destructive voracity and their enormous powers of 



