QUADRUPEDS. 
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SPECIES V. The fhort tailed FIELD MOUSE. 
Mus agreftis capite grandi brachi- 
urus. Raiijyn. quad* 218. 
Mus cauda brcvi pilis c nigncantc 
et fordide luteo mixtis in dorfo 
et faturate cinereis in ventre 
veftitis. Brtffon quad. 176. 
Buff on Tom. 7. 369. Tab. 47. 
Klein quad. 57. No. 50. 
Britijh, Llygoden gwtta’r maes 
Italian , CampagnoJi 
NAME S \ ^' renc ^ ) ‘ > P et ^ champs, Le 
^HE length of this fpecies, from the 
nofe to the tail, is about fix inches} 
the tail only an inch and a half; the 
head is very large : the eyes prominent : the 
ears quite hid in the fur: the whole upper 
part of the body, is of a ferruginous color, 
mixed with black ; the under fide of a deep 
alh color: the tail is covered with Ihort hair, 
ending with a little bulh, about a quarter of 
an inch long. 
campagnol 
This animal makes its neft in moiffc mea¬ 
dows, and brings eight young at a time ; it 
has a ftrong affedfion for them: one that was 
feduced into a wire trap, by placing its brood 
in it, was fo intent on foftering them, that it 
appeared quite regardlefs of its captivity. The 
manner of this creature much refembles the 
laft fpecies : like it, this refides under-ground, 
and lives on nuts, acorns, but particularly on 
corn : it differs from the former in the place 
of its abode $ feldom infefhng gardens. 
SPECIES VI. The common MOUSE. 
Mus domefticus vulgaris feu 
minor. Rail fyn. quad. 218. 
Seb. Mufeum. I. Tab • 11 r. f. 6 . its 
Ikeleton. Tab. 31. 
Gefner quad. 714. 
Mus cauda longiffima, obfcure ci- 
nereus, ventre lubalbefcente, 
Briffbn quad. 169. 
Britijh , Llygoden 
French , Souris 
^ 1 HIS timid, cautious, a&ive, little 
j| animal, is too well known to require 
a defcription 5 it is entirely dome- 
ftic, being never found in fields; or, as M. 
Buffon obferves, in any countries uninhabited 
by mankind : it breeds very frequently in the 
year, and brings fix or feven young at a time. 
Buffon. Toni . 7- 309. 7 ab. 39. 
Mus mufculus. M. cauda elongata, 
palmis tetradaftyjis^plantis pen- 
tada&ylis. Lin. Jyft. 62. 
Faun. fuec. 31. 
Mus minor, Mufculus vulgaris. 
Klein quad ’ 57. 
j" Portug. Ratinho 
German , Mufz 
Hutch , Muys 
Swedijh , Mus 
This fpecies is often found of a pure white, 
in which ftate it makes a moft beautiful ap¬ 
pearance $ the fine full eye appearing to great 
advantage, amidfl the fnowy color of the fur. 
The root of white hellebore and Jiaves acre , 
powdered and mixed with meal, is a certain 
poifon to them. GENUS 
Italian , Topo, forice 
Spanijh , Raton 
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