CtASS I. 



FIELD MOUSE. 



147 



ears small, and scarcely appear through the hair : 

 the nose blunt, and the eyes little : the teeth 

 large, strong, and yellow: the head and body 

 are covered with thick and pretty long hairs, 

 chiefly black, but mixed with some of a reddish 

 hue : the belly is of an iron-grey : the tail is 

 covered with short black hairs, the tip of it with 

 white hairs, 



A female that we opened had six young ones 

 in it. 



Mus domeslicLis medius. Mus sylvaticus, M. cauda longa 28. Field, 



Raii syn. quad. 218. squamosa, corpore griseo lu- 



Mus Cauda longa supra e tescente subtus lateribusque 



fusco flavesceiis infra ex abrupte aibo. Gm. Lin, 129. 



albo cinerescens. Brisson Pallas glires. p. 94. n. 42. 



quad. 123. Faun. Suec. 36. 



De Buffo?!, Tom. vii. 325, Brit. Zool. 4g. Hisi. quad. ii. 



Tal'. 41. A^o. 383. p. 184. 



Brit. Llygoden ganolig. Fren. Le Mulot 



Llygoden y maes Dan. Voed. 



X HIS measures from the nose-end to the set- 

 ting on of the tail, four inches and a half; the tail 

 is four inches long : the eyes are black, large, 

 and full ; the ears prominent ; the head and 

 upper part of the body, is of a yellowish brown, 

 mixed with some dusky hairs ; the breast is of 



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