13 MAMMALIA. GLIKES. 14. 



Body 9 inches 'long: head a little rounded in front; end of the 

 nose whitish ; eyes large black-, prominent : feet and legs pale dirty 

 fics-h-colour, nearly naked ; the fore-feet 4-toed with an additional 

 claw : tail 7 inches and a half long, covered with minute scales 

 mixed with a few hairs, and consisting of about 200 rings. 



7. M. Rattus. Deep greyish-black, ash-coloured be- 

 neath : tail very long, scaly. 



Black Rat. Skaiu ZooL t. 130. Biiffon 8. f, 27. 



Body 7 inches ;long : head gradually tapering to the nose; legs 

 dusky, nearly naked ; Tore-feet 4-tot:d with an additional claw : 

 tail 8 inches long, consisting of about 2,50 rings. 



28. M. Musculits. Brown, ash-coioured underneath: tail 

 Ion?, nearly naked : fore-feet 4-toed, hind-feet 5-toed. 



Common Mouse. Br. Zcol. 4. 11. Shaw ZooL t . 1 3 1 . 



Body 3 inches and a half long, sometimes varying in colour to 

 blackish, yellowish, spotted, or entirely white, with red eyes: 

 thumb of the hind-feet without claw : tail as long as the body, scaly* 

 nearly destitute of hair. 



29. M. sylvaticus. Yellowish-brown, white underneath: 

 breast white : tail long, nearly naked. 



Wood Mouse, Sfiaw Zool. t. 133. Euffon 7. . 41. 



Body about 4 inches and a half long, yellowish-brown above, 

 whitish beneath, the colours being distinctly separated on the sides ; 

 -sometimes entirely white with red eyes: head rounded: snout ra- 

 ther obtuse : eyes large, black : legs and feet white : tail 4 inches 

 long, slightly clothed with hair, blackish above-, whitish underneath. 



SO, M. messorius. Kusty-brown, white underneath, a 

 straight line along the sides dividing the colours : tail 

 long, scaly : ears longer than the fur. 



Harvest Mouse. Brit. Zool.. n. 29. Shaw ZooL 2 vign. 



Body 2 inches and a half long, weighing about the sixth of ua 

 ounce, a straight line along the sides dividing the colours of /he back 

 and belly : ears naked: tail 2 inches long. 



31. M. amphibius* IMacKish-brown, ciucreous underneath : 

 ears hardly above tiie fur : feet 3-toed with the rudi- 

 ment of a fourth : tail about half as long as the body. 



Water Rat. Shaw Zool. p. 73. pi. 129. 



Body nearly 7 inches long, varying in size and colour : A<?a^large: 

 nose thick-, obtuse ; -eyes small : ears rounded, concealed in the fur : 

 hind-feet sometimes ,5-tocd : tail about 4 inches long, covered with 

 short black hair, whitish at the tip. 



32. M. arvaUa. Dusky-ferruginous, deep grey underneath: 

 ears longer than the fur: fore-feet 3-tecd, with the 

 rudiment of a fourth : tail very short. 



Meadow Mouse. Shaw ZooL t. 136. Bufon 7. t. 47. 



Body 2 inches long, sometimes entirely blackish-grey : head large : 

 sloping : snout obtuse : eyes prominent : ears reaching a little be- 

 yond the fur : legs very short: tail dusky, an inch and a half long, 

 covered with short hair ending in a small tuft. 



14. SCIURUS. Squirrd. 



33. S* vu j gari$. Reddish-brown, white underneath : cars 

 tipt with a pencil of hairs : tail the colour of the back. 



2. Tail pure white. 



Common Squirrel. Jonst. Quad. t. 66. Biiffon 7. t, 32. 



Body about 8 inches loug, bright chesnut brown, with the breast 

 and belly white ; eyes large, black, lively : ears erect, with long 

 tuft* of hair of a deeper colour than the body : legs short, strong; 



