142 BROWN RAT. Class I. 



TION. 



CATCHER. 



Desciup- Its length from the nose to the origin of the 

 tail, is seven inches ; the tail is near eight inches 

 long ; the nose is sharp-pointed, and furnished 

 with long whiskers; the color of the head and whole 

 upper part of the body is a deep iron-grey, bor- 

 dering on black ; the belly is of a dirty cinereous 

 hue ; the legs are of a dusky color, and almost 

 naked ; the fore-feet want the thumb or interior 

 toe, having only in its place a claw ; the hind- 

 feet are furnished with five toes. 

 King's rat- Among; other officers, his British majesty has 

 a rat-catcher, distinguished by a particular dress, 

 scarlet embroidered with yellow worsted, on 

 which are figures of mice destroying wheat- 

 sheaves. 



26. Browx. Mus sylvestris, Rat de bots. Mas norvegicus. Klein quad. 



Brisson quad. 20. 56. 



Le Surmnlot. De Buffon, Mus ex norvegia. Sel. Mus. 



Tom.Yni. 206. Tab. 2J. Tom. ii. 64. Tab. 63. 



Mus decunianus. Gm. Lin. Br. Zool. 47- Hist. quad. ii. 



127. 2Vo.375.p. 178. Arct. Zool. 



i. 151. 



Descrip- JlHIS is a very large species, thicker, and of 

 a stronger make than the common rat: the 

 length from the end of the nose to the beginning 

 of the tail, is nine inches ; the length of the tail 

 the same ; the usual weight eleven ounces : the 



