74 WOODLAND CREATURES 



(The dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, Linn., 

 is found from England throughout Central Europe 

 eastward, and is singularly exempt from variation, 

 no sub-specific forms having been recognized, and 

 the only other European species of Muscardinus is 

 the Italian M. pulcher of Barrett-Hamilton, which 

 is a brighter -coloured mouse with a white eye 

 stripe.) 



