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MURID^. 



white ; the two colours being separated by an abrupt 

 line. 



We have met with one of these Mice in Warwickshire, 

 which had all the upper parts of a dirty sulphur yellow, 

 the under parts being, as usual, pure white. One which 

 we kept for a considerable time in confinement, and fed 

 principally upon hempseed, although at first of the ordi- 

 nary colour, became after a time very much mottled with 

 dark brown on the back. Thinking that it would even- 

 tually become black by a continuance of the same food, 

 as Bullfinches are said to do, it was fed for several months 

 almost exclusively on hempseed, but no further change 

 in colour took place. 



Dimensions : — 



Length of the head and body 

 , , of the head . 

 „ of the ears 

 ,, of the tail . 



Inch. Lines. 

 2 6 

 9^ 

 . 3 

 , 2 5 



