BRITISH MAMMALS 



for we have long since proved that the Wood Mouse, as it 

 is also called, is very fond of gnawing these, both when 

 they are growing beneath the soil, and also when they are 

 placed above ground to dry during Summer and Autumn. 

 The damage committed, however, is not great, and, so 

 long as its numbers do not unduly increase, we shall 

 certainly afford every protection to this interesting 

 tenant of our garden, almost the only mammal, except a 



Long- VcdlexL Flelci mouse/ 



Stray Wild Rabbit, Mole, or Brown Rat, which our garden 

 shelters. It may be known by its long tail, large ears, 

 long hind legs, and bright bulbous eyes. It is very 

 active in its movements, and requires more than ordinary 

 care in handling, or it will assuredly make good its 

 escape. 



It is a trim Httle creature, too, dressed in a neat coat of 

 reddish-grey on the upper parts, with a light brownish 

 colour on the breast, and whitish lower down. 



It frequents woods, copses, hedgerows, fields, gardens 



and other likely places during the warmer months ; 

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