496 On Mus mes&orms. 



lions given in Tab. Suppl. XVI, bis, f, 3, 4, were not taken from tlie 

 eggs laid in the stove at the Garden of the Horticultural Society, but from 

 those of Bui. Hfjemastoma* from St. Vincents. The Museum of the 

 Zoological Society, where the eggs mentioned at p. 101., and the shell 

 of the parent were deposited, has been searched, but the specimens 

 are unfortunately mislaid. 



G. B. SOWERBY. 



Kotice on Mus messorius, Shaw, Less long-tailed Field Mouse of 

 Pennant. B%j W. J. Broderip, Esq., F.R.S., Sfc. 



Neither Mr. White nor the other autbours who notice this small species 

 appear to have observed that their tails are slightly prehensile. I had a 

 pair in a dormouse's cage, and have frequently seen them coil the end of 

 their tails round the bars, especially when they were clambering along 

 the sides or on the top of it. They became very familiar, soon recognized 

 their friends, and would lie down or rear themselves up, to be tickled 

 with a straw or a pen ; an operation which they evidently enjoyed much. 



^ote on the " russet-pated Chough'^ of Shakspeare. 



In reply to Dr. Heineken's enquiry (page 200) as to the bird meant 

 by this appellation, it may be suggested that the correct reading is 

 probably russet-patted, a hybrid, and consequently a barbarous phrase, 

 but one which may be regarded as a not unapt version of red-legged. 



E. T. B. 



* This is the correct termination. 



