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between the ftraws of ftanding corn, and brings about eight at a birth. It burrows very deep in the 

 ground, forms a warm bed of dried grafs, and takes flicker in its hole during winter. 



9. Ruftic Moufe. — 9. Mus agrarius, 7. 



The tail is long and fcaly; the body is of a yellowifli colour, with a dufky or black 

 line along the back. Pallas, It. i. 454. D°. Glir. 95-. n. 44. and p. 341. t. 24. A. Schreber, 

 iv. 658. t. clxxxii. 



Mus rubeus, or Reddilh Moufe. Schwenkfeldt, An. Siles. 114. S. G. Gmel. It. i. 151. t. 29. 

 f. 2. 



Inhabits Ruffia, from the Tanais to the Jenifei ; in Silefia, and rarely in Germany. — This fpecies is 

 migratory, and wanders about often in vaft multitudes, doing prodigious harm to the corn : It is 

 about three inches long, and fcarcely weighs half an ounce ; the tail is only about half the length of 

 the body and head ; the belly and legs are white ; the head is oblong, with a fharp nofe, and fmall 

 ears lined with fur ; the hind legs have each a dufky circle juft above the foot. It burrows in the 

 ground, forming a long gallery juft below the furface, and a little elevated, leading to a larger cham- 

 ber, in which coniiderable quantities of grain and feeds are ftored up for winter provifion. 



(S. American P».uftic Moufe. — Mus agrarius americanus. 



Has a broad ftripe along the middle of the back of a mixed dufky and ferruginous co- 

 lour; the cheeks, fpace beneath the ears, and fides, are orange coloured ; and all the 

 under parts of the body, the legs and feet, are pure white. Pcnn. hift. of quad, 

 n. 302. |S. 



Inhabits New-York. — The ears are large, open, and naked ; the whifkers very long, fome of 

 the hairs being white and others black ; the hinder legs are fomewhat longer than the fore ; the tail 

 is dufky above, and whitifh beneath.. 



10. Minute Moufe. — 10. Mus minutus. 8* 



The tail is long and fcaly ; the upper parts of the body are of a deep tawny or ferru- 

 ginous colour, and the under parts whitifh. Pallas, It. i. 454. n. 4. D°. Glir. 96. n. 45. 

 and p. 345. t. 24. ,3. Schreber, iv.. 660. t. clxxxiiL 



Inhabits Ruffia. — Is about half the fize of the Common Moufe, the tail being fcarcely two inches 

 long; the female is fmaller than the male, and lefs elegant in her colours ; the nofe is fome\/. r 

 fharp; the face is dufky, with fome whitenefs at the corners of the mouth ; the ears 'arc fmall, and 

 almoft hid in the fur ; the feet are grey. This fpecies is found in the corn fields and in barns, . 

 is plentiful in birch woods ; it feems to wander about, without any fixed places for its neft ; and 

 much greater numbers of males are found than of females,. 



