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mam. 395. n. 7. — Mils campeftris minor, or Smaller Field Moufe, having a fhort tail; the upper 

 parts of the body mixed blackifh and dirty yellow, the under parts afh colour. Brill", quad. 1 76. 

 n. 12. — Campagnol, or Short-tailed Field Moufe. Sm. Buff. iv. 293. pi. Ixxxiii. Gefn. quad. 733. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 322. Brit. zool. i. n. 31- Arch zool. n. 65. 



Inhabits all Europe, Siberia, H'rcania, and Newfoundland. — Dwells in bufhy places, corn-fields, 

 meadows, and gardens, chiefly near waters ; lives on grain, nuts, acorns, and walnuts, which it col- 

 lefts into fubterraneous burrows ; is preyed on by foxes, polecats, weafels, cats, and field mice : The 

 female produces feveral times a year, and brings from eight to twelve young ones at a birth. This 

 fpecies is from three to fix inches long, the female being much longer than the male, and the tail is 

 little more than an inch ; the head is large, with a blunt nofe, fhort ears, almoft hid in the fur, and 

 prominent eyes ; the upper parts of the body are of a mixed ferruginous and black colour; the belly 

 is deep afh, and the legs and feet dufky ; the tail is terminated by a fmall tuft of hair. 



j.oo ]3. Blackifh Meadow Moufe. — Mus arvalis nigricans. 



Is of a blackifh brown colour on the upper parts of the body. 



Dr Gmelin is uncertain, if the animal defcribed by Linnaeus under the name of Mas agrejils, with 

 a fhort tail, of blackifh brown colour on the upper parts, and afh colour on the belly, fhould be con- 

 sidered as a variety of this fpecies. Faun. Suec. ed. 2. p. ii. n. 30. — In the plate quoted from Buffon. 

 are three individuals of this fpecies ; the two lower figures are of a lighter colour, and feem to be the 

 former variety; but the upper one is almoft black, and is probably the variety mentioned above from 

 the Fauna of Linnaeus.. 



tepl! 28. Social Moufe. — 26. Mus facialis, 28. 



Has a very fhort tail ; the ears are naked, rounded, and very fhort ; the fore feet have 

 each three toes and the rudiments of a fourth ; the upper parts of the body are light 

 grey ; the fides, fhoulders, and belly, are white- Pallas, Glir. 77. n. 13. and p. 2i8.t. xiii. 

 B. Schreber, iv. 682. t. excii. 



Social Moufe. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 321. Pallas, It. ii. 705. n. 10 Mus alius, et Mus mi-'- 



crourous. S. G. Gmel. It. ii. 173. t. ii. and iii. 500. t. 57. f. 2. 



Inhabits the fandy deferts between the Volga and Ural, near the Cafpianfea, and in the mountains 

 of Hircania. — This fpecies lives in pairs, or in families cenfifting of a male and a female with their 

 young ones ; and of thefe families vaft numbers live together, the whole country being covered with 

 little hills of earth thrown out of their burrows. They feed moftly on tulip roots, and are preyed on 

 by weafels, polecats, crows, and otters. The head is thick, with a blunt dufky nofe ; the limbs are 

 fhort and ftrongly made; the head and body are fomewhat more than three inches long, the tail on- 

 ly half an inch, and very flender. This animal fwarms chiefly in fpring, and rarely appears in au- 

 tumn, at which feafon it is fuppofed to migrate, or to take fhelter among the buflies. 



502 29. Rambling Moufe. — 27, Mus lagiirus, 29. 



Has hardly any tail ; the ears are fhorter than the fur ; the fore feet have each three: 



toes* 



