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EARLESS DORMOUSE, &C. 
It is about five indies long ; its tail four. It 
inhabits France and the south of Europe. It is 
found in magpies' nests, and hollow trees about the 
Wolga; but neither this nor the former species 
extends beyond the Uralian mountains. . It infests 
gardens, and is very destructive to fruits of all kinds. 
It is particularly fond of peaches ; lodges in the 
holes of walls ; brings five or six young at a time ; 
and, like the former, remains torpid during the 
winter, waking only at intervals. It has a strong 
smell like a rat. 
Wood dormouse. 
This species is much allied to the preceding, 
but has a less sharpened visage, and a much 
shorter tail, and its general proportions bear a 
great resemblance to those of the fat dormouse. 
Its length to the tail, is about four inches, and 
the tail about three inches ; its colour on the upper 
parts and tail, is greyish ferruginous, and of the 
under parts, yellowish white ; the patch, or black 
mark on each side the head, is much narrower 
than in the preceding species, and extends only to 
the ears ; the tail is very furry, the hair spreading 
as in that of a squirrel. It is said to be a native 
of Russia, Georgia, &c. ; inhabiting woods, &c. 
Earless dormouse. 
The earless dormouse is so called, not because 
it is absolutely without ears, but because its ears 
are so very minute, as scarcely to appear. Its 
head is flat ; its nose obtuse ; its eyes full and 
black ; its upper lip is bifid ; and its whiskers are 
long ; its upper parts and its fore legs, are of a 
pale . ferruginous colour, except that from the 
shoulder to the hind parts, it has a white lin® 
