lH MAMMALIA. GLIIiES. 14. 



Body 9 inches 'long : head a little rounded in front ; end of the 

 nose whitish ; eyes large black, prominent : feet and legs pale dirty 

 ilesh-colour, nearly naked ; the fore-feet 4-toed with an additional 

 claw : tail 7 inches and a half long, covered with minute scales 

 mixed with a few hairs, and consistingof about 200 rings. 



~21. M. llattus. Deep greyish-black, ash-coloured be- 

 neath : tail very long, scaly. 



Black Rat. Shaw Zool. t. 130. Buffon 8. t. 27. 



Body 7 inches ;iong : head gradually tapering to the nose; legs 

 dusky, nearly naked ; fore-feet 4-toed with an additional claw : 

 tail 8 inches long, consisting of about 250 rings. 



28. M. Musadus. Brown, ash-coloured underneath: tail 

 long, nearly naked 4 fore-feet 4-(oed, hind-feet 5-toed, 



Common Mouse. Br. Zool. t. 11. Shaw Zool. t. 131. 



Body 3 inches and a half long, sometimes varying in colour to 

 blackish, yellowish, spotted, or entirely white, with red eyes: 

 thumb of the hind-feet without claw : taU as long as the body, scaly, 

 nearly destitute of hair. 



£9. M. sylvaticus. Yellowish-brown, white underneath : 

 breast white ; tail long, nearly naked. 



Wood Mouse. Shaw Zool. 1. 132. Buffon j. n. 41. 



Body about 4 inches and a half long, yellowish -brown above, 

 whitish beneath, the colours being distinctly separated on the sides ; 

 sometimes entirely white with red eyes : head rounded : snout ra- 

 ther obtuse: eyes large, black : legs and feet white: tail 4 inche* 

 long, slightly clothed with hair, blackish above, whitish underneath. 



30. M. messorius. Rusty-brown, white underneath, a 

 straight line along the sides dividing the colours : tail 

 long, scaly : ears longer than the fur. 



•Harvest Mouse. Brit. Zool. n. 29. Shaw Zool. 2 vign. 



Body 2 inches and a half long, weighing about the sixth of an 

 iounce, a straight line along the sides dividing the colours<of the back 

 and belly : ears naked : tail 2 inches long. 



31. M. amphi bius. Blackish-brown, cinereous underneath : 

 ears hardly above the fur : feet 3-toed with the rudi- 

 ment of a fourth : tail about half as long as the body. 



Water Rat, Shaw Zool. p. 73. pi. 129. 



Body nearly 7 inches long, varying in size and colour : /t^rflarge; 

 nose thick-, obtuse : eyes small : ears rounded, concealed in the fur : 

 hind-feet sometimes 5-toed : tail about 4 inches long, covered with 

 short black hair, whitish at the tip. 



32. M. arvalis. Dusky-ferruginous, deep grey underneath: 

 ears longer than the fur : fore-feet 3-toed, with the 

 rudiment of a fourth : tail very fhort. 



Meadow Mouse. Shaw Zool. t. 136. Buffon 7. t. 47. 



Body 2 inches long, sometimes entirely blackish-grey : head large: 

 sloping : s-nout obtuse : eyes prominent : ears reaching a little be- 

 yond the fur '.legs very short : tail dusky, an inch and a half long, 

 covered with short hair ending in a small tuft. 



14. SCIURUS. Squirrel, 



33. S. vulgaris. Reddish-brown, white underneath : ears 

 tipt with a pencil of hairs : tail the colour of the back. 



2. Tail pure white. 



Common Squirrel. Jonst. Quad. t. 66. Buffon 7. t. 32. 



Body about 8 inches long, bright chesnut brown, with the breast 

 and belly white ; eyes large, black, lively: ears erect, with long 

 tufts of hair of a deeper colour than the body : legs short, strong ; 



