THE LONG-TAILED FIELD-MOUSE. 



tuft of grafs; they are very prolific, and produce from feven to ten little ones 

 at a birth. 



This Moufe feldom makes its appearance in the winter, during which 

 inclement feafon it lies meltered under the ground, in a warm bed, which it 

 conftrucT:s of dry grafs and leaves; but, during the harveft time, it is feen in 

 great numbers among the meaves and ricks of corn. This (pedes is found 

 all over England, in fome parts of which it is called the Bean-Moufe, from 

 the great havock it makes among the beans, when they are newly fown (a.) 



(a) Pennant.. 



