238 MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Hats and Mice. 



of the fur is black and yellow intimately mixed, the back dufky, and the throat, breaft, and. belly 

 hoary ; the under parts of the whole fur are dark brown ; the ends of the feet are dufky ; the head 

 and body meafure four inches and a quarter ; the tail rather more than an inch ; the general form 

 refembles that of the Meadow Moufe, but the body is rather longer, and the .belly larger. This fpe- 

 cies dwell moftly in damp foils, forming burrows, with many chambers and numerous entrances, im- 

 mediately under the turf. In thefe it lays up magazines of various vegetable food, chiefly bulbous 

 roots; and lays them out in funny days to dry, and never touches them but in winter, living all fum- 

 mer on berries and other vegetables. The Kamtfchatkans hold thefe animals in great regard, and 

 never deftroy their hoards ; they take away only part, and leave fome Caviare, or fome other fub- 

 ftance to fupport them in its ftead. This fpecies fometimes emigrates in vaft multitudes, keeping a 

 ftraight courfe even over rivers, and is much infefted on their march by birds, fifh, wild hogs, 'foxes, 

 and other wild beafts. They begin their march from about the river Pengin in fpring, and, about the 

 middle of July, reach Ochotfka and Judoma, at a vaft diftance ; and return in October. The Kamt- 

 fchatkans are much alarmed at their migrations, which portend rainy weather and a bad chace ; and, 

 when they find them lying weak and fpent with fatigue after croffing a river, give them every afiif- 

 tance in their power. The Tfchutfki are not fo much attached to this animal, and make ufe both of 

 their winter ftores and of their .carcafTes as food. 



497 jG. Laland Moufe. — Mus glareolus. 



Dr Gmelin is at a lofs whether the animal defcribed by O. F. Muller, under the name of Mus 

 glareolus, as found in the ifle of Laland, and figured by Schreber, iv. t. cxc. b. fhould be referred te 

 this fpecies ; but he gives no defcription by which the circumftance may be afcertained. 



49§ 26. Woolly Moufe. — 24. Mus laniger. 27. 



The tail is of a middle length ; the fore feet have each four, and the hind feet five 

 toes ; the fur is woolly, and of an afh colour. Molina, hift. nat. Chil. 267. 



Inhabits the north parts of Chili, and in Peru. — This animal burrows in the earth, is very docile 

 and cleanly, and is eafily tamed ; it lives on bulbous roots, efpecially onions ; the female breeds twice 

 a year, and brings five or fix young ones at each litter. It is about fix inches long, with a fhort nofe, 

 and fma'll fharp pointed ears ; the fur is very long and exceedingly fine, almoft like the threads of a 

 fpider's web, and was formerly employed as the very finefl: fpecies of wool by the Peruvians. 



499 27. Meadow Moufe. — 25. Mus arv alls. 16. 



The tail is fhort ; the ears fcarce reach beyond the fur ; the fore feet have each three 

 toes and the rudiments of a fourth ; the fur is dufky. Pallas, Glir. 79. n. 14. Schreber, 

 iv. 680. t. exci. 



Mus gregarius, or Gregarious Moufe, having a fomev/hat hairy tail one third the length of the 

 body ; the body is mixed brown and black on the upper parts, the lower parts white. Syft. nat. 

 ed. xii. i. 85. — Mus terreftris, or Land Moufe, with the tail of a middle length; the ears fhorter 

 than the fur; the upper parts of the body rufty brown, and the lower parts aih coloured. Erxleb. 



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