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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Arvicola i-iparia, (Orel.) — Meadow Mouse, Bank Mousk. 



This common species is very often met with. It prefers the neighbor- 

 hood of a swamp, and swims and dives well. 



Description. — "Size large; head and body measuring 4 J^ inches ; 

 tail more than one-third this length ; feet very large, scaly ; hair rather 

 short ; above, dark brown, varied with reddish or yellowish brown ; 

 beneath, pure ashy plumbeus ; tail and feet dusky, the former scarcely 

 lighter beneath." 



DIMENSIONS. 



Length of head, If inches. 

 Length of head and body, 4i inches. 

 Length of tail to end of vertebrte, !£ inches. 

 Length of tail to end of hairs, 2 inches. 

 Length of hind-foot, i of an inch. 

 Length of fore-foot, ^^ of an inch. 



