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GNAWING ANIMALS 



under-surface and inside of legs dull white, or brownish-gray. 

 Cotton Rats are found from North Carolina to southern 

 Florida, and also in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, 



RICE-FIELD MOUSE. 



and Mexico; and wherever found their destructiveness causes 

 them to be cordially disliked. 



THE WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE, or DEER MousE, 1 is well 

 worthy of acquaintance. It is distributed over nearly the 

 whole of upper North America, except the arctic islands and 

 the Barren Grounds. On account of the changes it has un- 

 dergone, chiefly in color shades and length of tail, natural- 



1 Peromyscus leucopus. 



