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ARY IC OLA RUBRIC AT US.— Rich. 
Red-Sided Meadow Mouse. 
A. Supra obscure plumbeus ; subtus pallide cinereus, lateribus miniatis, 
cauda breviuscula, pollice minimo. 
CHARACTERS. 
Back slate-coloured, belly ash-coloured, sides nearly scarlet , tail rather short. 
Thumb of fore foot rudimentary. Size a little greater than that of the com- 
mon domestic mouse. 
SYNONYME. 
Arvicola rubric atus. — Rich. Zool. BeecheyVVoy., Mammalia, p. 7. 
The above are the characters of a meadow mouse, which burrows in the 
turfy soil on the shores of Behring’s Straits, drawn up from Mr. Collie’s 
notes. In the colours of its fur, and dimensions, it most resembles the 
Arvicola ceconomus (Pall. glir. n. 125., pi. 14, A.), and appears to be quite 
distinct from any American meadow mouse hitherto described. There is 
no specimen in the collection. (Richardson.) 
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