Crass]. SHORT TAILED MOUSE. 
is entirely domeftic, being never found in fields; 
or, as M. Buffon obferves, in any countries unin- 
habited by mankind: it breeds very frequently in 
the year; and brings fix or feven young at a time. 
This fpecies is often found of a pure white, in 
which ftate it makes a moft beautifull appearance ; 
the fine full eye appearing to great advantage, 
amidft the fnowy color of the fur. The root of 
white hellebore and ftaves-acre, powdered and mixed 
with meal, is a certain poifon to them. 
123 
Mus agreftis capite grandi gi Mus agreftis. Faun. Suec. 30. 31. SHORT 
chiurus. Raii /yx. quad. 218. De Buffon, Tom. vil. eh 
Mus cauda brevi pilis e nigri- Tab. 
cante et fordide luteo mixtis Klein quad. 67 No. 50 
in dorfo et faturate cinereis Br. Zool. 50. Syn. quad. No. 
in ventre veltitis. Briffon 223.0 
quad. 125. i 
Brit. Llygoden gwtta’r maes Fren. Le petit Rat de 
Ital. Campagnoli champs, Le campagnol 
- - Dan. Skier-muus 
Abe length of this fpecies, from the nofe 
to the tail, is about fix inches; the tail only 
an inch and a half: the head is very large: the 
eyes prominent: the ears quite hid in the fur: 
the whole upper part of the body is of a ferrugi- 
nous color, mixed with black; the belly of a 
a? afh-color: the tail is covered with fhort hair, 
K 2 ending 
TAILED. 
DESCRIP, 
