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REMARKS ON NUMEROUS SUBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY 
BUT MORE PARTICULARLY ON BIRDS. 
be —_—__————-all things speak of God; but im the smail 
Men trace out Him ; in great he seizes Man!” 
YOuNG. 
New kind of Mouse.—Not long since a large 
sort of Mouse seemingly differing from all other 
kinds, was captured by Pincombe of Devonport in 
the stables at Whiteford, the seat of Sir W. Call. 
Entire length 77 inches, the head being 1 inch, the 
body 3 inches, and the tail 34 inches. ‘The fur is 
remarkably fine ; close to the body it is of a deep 
dove colour, but it terminates in a tawny tinged 
with ferruginous ; the muzzle and under parts shade 
into ash, owing to the presence of dull-white hairs, 
and to the colour of the under fur or dubbing be- 
coming still greyer and silvery on the belly and 
feet. The tail is but small, and scarcely larger at its 
root than at its termination, hairy; the ears pro- 
trude considerably beyond the fur ; the whiskers 
are very long; the head flat on top ; thumbs rudi- 
mentary. Mr. 'T. E. Gosling to whom I am indebted 
for the beautiful drawings from which the engra- 
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