Clafs I. C O M M O N M O U S E. 105 



This animal makes its nefl in moid meadows, and 

 brings eight young at a time : it has a itrong affec- 

 tion for them : one that was feduced into a wire-trap, 

 by placing its brood in it, was fo intent on foftering 

 them, that it appeared quite regardlefs of its captivity. 

 The manner of this creature much refembles the laft 

 fpecies : like it, this refides under ground, and lives on 

 nuts, acorns, but particularly on corn : it differs from 

 the former in the place of its abode ; feldom infeft- 

 ing gardens. 



Species VI. The common MOUSE. 



Mus domefticus vulgaris feu mi Mus mufculus. M. Cauda elon- 



nor. Rail fyn. quad. z\^. g^f3, palmis tetradadtylis, 



Seb. Mufeumf i. Tab. Ill- f. 6. plantis pentadaftylis. Lin. 



its ikeleton. fab. 31. JyJI. 83. 



Gefner quad. 7 1 4. Faun. Suec. 34. 



Mus Cauda longiffima, obfcure Mus minor, Mufculus vulgaris. 



cinereus, ventre fubalbefcente. Klein quad. 57. 



Brijjon quad. 119. Br. Zool. 50. 

 De Buffon, 'lorn. vii. 309. Tah.i^. 



NAMES.' 



Brit. Llygoden Germ. Maus 



Fren. La Souris Dut. Muys 



ItaU Topo, forice Snved. Mus 



$fatt. Raton Han, Muus 

 Fort. Ratinho 



THIS timid, cautious, ac^live, little animal, is 

 too well known to require a defcription ; it is 

 entirely domeflic, being never found in fields j or, as 

 M. Buffon obferves, in any countries uninhabited by 

 mankind : it breeds very frequently in the year, and 



brings 



