96 



subkin'gdom: vektebeata. 



Mg. 158. 



JacMus hudsorvlus^ Jnmping Mouse. %. 



Muridae. — The CommoE Kats and Mice have naked tails; 

 five toes on the hind feet ; and four on the front, with a sort 

 of wart representing a thumb. The Meadoiv Mouse is 

 noticeable for the winding, shallow paths it traces among the 



Fig. 157. 



ArvicSla riparia, Meadov Mouse, f . 



grass leading to its nest. The Beer Mouse dwells in the 

 woods and fields in summer, and in granaries in winter. The 



Mg. 158. 



Eesperimys leucHpus, Deer, or Wliite-footed Mouse. 



