MISCHIEF OF MEADOW-MOUSE 51 
of forms of small and very similar rodents 
which in some respects resemble true mice, but 
are readily distinguished by the robust body, 
thick head, very short ears, blunt muzzle and 
short, hairy tail. 
There seems to be no entirely appropriate 
vernacular name for these mice. The French 
call them campagnols, the Germans wihlmdause. 
English-speaking people outside the United 
States call them voles. In the United States 
they are variously designated as meadow-mice 
or field-mice, and locally as bear-mice, bull- 
mice, buck-tailed mice, mole-mice, and so forth. 
Meadow-mice would do very well if it were not 
that several of our four-score species belong to 
the high dry plains of the West. As, however, 
the typical meadow-mouse of the east ranges 
over nearly the whole country, its name may 
well be adopted for the whole genus. 
The three species most frequently met with 
in connection with damage are: 
1. Common meadow-mouse (Microtus penn- 
sylvanicus.) 
2. Prairie-mouse (M. ochrogaster.) 
3. Pine-mouse (M. pinetorum.) 
