120 FIELD MOUSE. ‘Ctrassh 
28. FrzELD. Mus domefticus medius. Mus fylvaticus, M. cauda longa 
 Rait fyn. quad. 218. palmis tetradattylis, plantis 
Mus cauda longa fupra e __ pentadaétylis, corpore grifeo” 
fufco flavefcéns infra ex __ pilis nigris, abdomine albo. © 
albo cinerefcens. Briffon Lin. fyft. 84. 
quad; 123. Faun. Suec. 36. 
De Buffon, Tom. vii. 325, Brit. Zool. 49. Syn. quad: Nos 
Tab. 41. 230. 
Brit. Llygoden  ganolig. Frez. Le Mulot 
Llygoden y maes — Dan. Voed 
Bw AHIS meafures from the nofe-end to the 
fetting on of the tail, four inches and half: 
the tail is four inches long: the eyes are black, 
large, and full: the ears prominent: the head and 
upper part of the body, is of a yellowifh brown, 
mixed with fome dufky hairs: the breaft is of an 
ochre color; the reft of the under fide is white: the 
tail is covered with fhort hair. 
Thefe animals are found only in fields and 
gardens: in fome places they are called bean-mice, 
from the havoke they make among beans when farft 
fown. They feed alfo on nuts, acorns, and corn, 
forming in their burrows vaft magazines of winter 
provifion. 
MANNERS, 
Szpe exiguus mus 
Sub terris pofuitque domos atque horrea fecit. 
Virgil Georg. I. 481. 
Often the little moufe 
Illudes our hopes; and fafely lodged below | 
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