188 Frrrp Museum or Natura. History — Zooétoey, Vou. XI. 
would carry them off, moving, unless chased, with great caution, as 
though she feared to injure them. A neighbor relates that in turning 
over a log in the woods, he exposed one of these mice, which, instead of 
jumping off rapidly, moved slowly away along a small log, and was 
observed to have several young attached to her teats. Her movements 
being watched: with interest, one of the young was seen to be brushed 
off and fall among the grass, the mother passing on out of sight. The 
young mouse left was quite helpless and continued to utter a low squeak. 
After a while, the mother returned to it, and though her movements 
could no longer be observed, the voice of the young mouse ceased, and 
upon examination of the spot, it was found to have disappeared with 
the mother. It is not to be supposed, however, that the young of this 
mouse are attached to the mamme of the parent like those of the 
opossum ”’ (J. ¢., pp. 90-91). 
“Caged specimens do not eat flesh and are not at all pugnacious”’ 
(Kennicott, J. c., pp. 90-91). This last statement by Kennicott does 
not agree with observations of later writers. I have known a wild 
one to eat part of a dead bird and in captivity it will readily eat meat. 
Dr. C. Hart Merriam says,* ‘‘The White-footed Mouse is fond of flesh, 
and, like the flying squirrel, eagerly devours dead birds placed in its 
way.” Mr. W. L. Hahn writes, ‘A number of white-footed mice were 
left in captivity at different times, but they could not be kept together. 
On one occasion six were caught under corn shocks and were divided 
equally between two cages. Next morning each cage contained two 
partially eaten carcasses, while of the survivors in each cage one died 
within a few hours and the other a day later (I. ¢., p. 499). This Mouse 
is naturally gentle and rarely attemps to bite even when just caught. 
When in captivity it soon becomes very tame and makes an amusing 
pet. : 
Specimens examined from Illinois, Wisconsin and adjoining states: 
Illinois — Fox Lake, 18; Camp Logan, 6; Warsaw, 1; Galena, 9 = 34. 
Wisconsin — Delavan Lake, 2; Camp Douglas, 3; Beaver Dam, 14; 
(M. P. M.) Milwaukee, 4; Prescott, Pierce Co., 98; Maiden Rock, 
21; Yellow River, Burnett Co., 10; Newport, Door Co., 3; Delavan, 
9; Polk Co., 1; Prairie du Sac, Sauk Co., 41; Grant Co., 2; (O. C.) 
Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee Co., 9; Nashotah, Waukesha Co., 10 
= 224. 
Indiana — Mitchell, 1; La Porte, 3=4. 
Michigan — Dowagiac, Cass Co., 13. 
*Mamm. Adirondack Reg., 1886, p. 265. 
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