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30. Mouse. 
Cc OMMON MOUSE. Cimsh 9 
Thofe that are not thus carried away in the 
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fheaves, fhelter themfelves during winter under — 
sround, and burrow deep, forming a warm bed 
for themfelves of dead grafs. 
They are the fmalleft of the Brit quadru- 
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peds: their length from nofe to tail is only two | 
inches and a half: their tail two inches: their weight 
one fixth of an ounce. They are more flender 
lefs prominent ; their ears naked, and ftanding out 
of the fur; their tail flightly covered with hair; 
their back of a fuller red than the larger fpe- 
cies; inclining to the color of a Dormoufe: the — 
than the other Jong-tailed Field Moufe; their eyes 
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belly white; a ftrait line along the fides dividing — 
the colors of the back and belly. 
Mus domefticus vulgaris feu Mus mufculus. M. cauda 
minor. Raii /yn. quad. 218. elongata, palmis  tetra- 
Seb. Mufeum, i.Tab.111. f. 6. dactylis, plantis penta- 
its fkeleton. Tad. 31. dactylis. Lin. fpf. 33. 
Ge/ner quad. 714. Faun. Suec. 34. 
Mus cauda longiffima, obfcure Mus minor, Mufculus vul- 
cinereus, ventre fubalbef- garis. Klein quad. 57. 
cente. Briffon quad. 119. Br. Zool. 50. Syn. quad. 
De Buffon, Tom. vii. 309. No. 229. 
Tab. 39+ 
Brit. Liygoden Germ, Maus 
Fren. La Souris Dut. Muys: 
Iral. ‘Topo, forice Swed. Mus 
Span, Raton Dan. Muus 
Port. Ratinho 
HIS timid, cautious, active, little animal, is 
too well known to require-a defcription: it 
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