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The Short-tailed FIELD-MOUSE 



differs from the laft, in having a thicker head, and fhort- 

 er tail: Its ears are very fhort, and almoft hid in the 

 hair; its body is about three inches long, and the tail 

 one inch; the upper part of the body is of a reddifh- 

 brown, and the belly a deep-am colour. — Like the laft, it 

 frequents the fields and woods, but is feldom troublefome 

 in gardens : It alfo lives on the fame kinds of food, 

 which it hides in holes under ground. — It makes its neft 

 in moift meadows, and brings forth feven or eight young 

 at a time. 



The SHREW-MOUSE 



is fmaller than the common Moufe, being only two inch- 

 es and a half long from the nofe to the tail : The nofe is 

 long and flender ; the ears fhort ; and the eyes, like thofe 

 of the Mole, almoft concealed in the fur. It is of a red- 



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