230 MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Rats and" Mice, 



469 7. Field Moufe. — 8. Mus fylvaticus. 17. 



Has a long fcaly tail j the upper parts of the body are of a yellowifh brown colour, the 

 breaft yellow, and the belly white. Pallas, glir. 94. n. 4. Schreber, iv. 651. t. clxxx. 



Moufe, with the tall of a middle length, having four toes on each foot before, and five behind ; 

 the body of a yellowifh brown colour, with a few dufky hairs, and the belly whitilh. Syft. nat, 

 ■ed. xii. i. 84. Faun. Suec. ii, 12. n. 36. — Moufe, with a long tail, the upper parts of the body 

 being of a yellowifh brown colour, and the under parts whitifh afh coloured. BrifT. quad. 1 74. 

 n. p.T— Mus carnpeftris major, or Larger field Moufe, having a very long tail, of a dufky colour, 

 and reddifh on the fides. BrifT. quad. 171. n. 4. — Mus agreftis minor, or LefTer field Moufe. Gefn. 



quad. 733 Mus domefticus medius, or Middle domeftic Moufe. Raj. quad. 218. — Mulot, or 



Long-tailed field Moufe. Sm. Buff. iv. 285. pi. lxxxii. f. 1. — Field Moufe, Penn. hift. of quad. 

 n. 302. — Long-tailed field Moufe. Brit. zool. i. n. 28. ArcL zool. n. 61. 



Inhabits Europe. — Is found in woods, fields, gardens, and fhrubberies ; and, during winter, comes 

 into barns, ftables, and out-houfes : It feeds on grain of all kinds, nuts, acorns, beech maft, and other 

 feeds, of which it makes great magazines in its holes under ground; likewife on other fpecies of this 

 genus, fmall birds, and even on its own fpecies. Hogs are often led by the fmell to their hoards, 

 and do great mifchief in the fields by digging them up. It is preyed on by hawks, foxes, polecats, 

 and martins. This fpecies is rather larger than the Common Moufe, being near four and a half 

 inches long; and the tail, which is blackiih above, white underneath, and {lightly covered with hair, 

 is of the fame length with the body; the feet and legs are of a pure white colour. The female 

 makes a neft for her young, either in a tuft of grafs, or immediately below the furface of the ground, 

 and produces from feven to ten young ones at a birth. 



470 /3. White Field Moufe. — Mus fylvaticus albus. 

 Is entirely white, with red eyes. 



Tliis variety is but rarely met with, 



471 S. Harveft Moufe.— -Mus mejjonus. 



Has a long fcaly tail ; the upper parts of the body are of a full rufty brown colour, 

 the belly is white, and a ftraight line along the fides divides the two colours. 



Penn. hift. of quad. n. 303. 



Lefs Long-tailed field Moufe. Penn. Brit. zool. ii. app. 498. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 129. 

 n. 17. p. — Harveft Rat. Penn. fyn. of quad. 11. 231. 



Inhabits Hampfhire. — This fpecies, or perhaps rather variety of the former, is lefs than the pre- 

 ceding, being only two inches and a half long from the nofe to the rump, and the tail, which is fome- 

 what hairy, is two inches in length : It weighs only about a quarter of an ounce. It never enters 

 houfes, but is very numerous in the fields during harveft, and is often carried in great numbers among 

 Vhe iheaves into the barn-yard. The female makes a round neft of blades of corn, for her young, 



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