the Mammals of Devon. 
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stated — that the Brown Rat wages war with the Black ; but it seems 
to me that the former is so eager in its pursuit of food, that the 
latter has little chance of existing in the same neighbourhood. 
Tfl. ZIXusculus, Common Mouse. 
M. musculus, Bell, Brit. Quad., p. 308. Clermont, Quad. Europe, p. 
100. Jenyns, Brit. Vert., p. 31. 
Common everywhere. Varieties, both white and black, have been 
met with. 
M. Sylvaticus, Meadow Mouse. 
M. sylvaticv.s, Bell, Brit. Quad., p. 305. Clermont, Quad. Europe, p. 
101. Jenyns, Brit. Vert., p. 30. 
Common throughout the county. Much has been said with re- 
gard to singing mice, but none sing with such evident enjoyment and 
reHsh of the pleasures of a country life than these little creatures. 
To say that the so-called singing is the result of pain, is, as far as my 
experience of this species goes, a great mistake. 
BK. ZlSinutuS, Harvest Mouse. 
M. messorius, Bell, Brit. Quad., p. 299. 
M. minuius, Clermont, Quad. Europe, p. 103. 
M. messorius, Jenyns, Brit. Vert, p. 31. 
Not common, but frequently obsei-ved. 
Gen. SCX17RUS, lAnn. 
S. Vulgaris, Squirrel. 
S. vulgaris, Bell, Brit. Quad., p. 291. Clermont, Quad. Europe, p. 116. 
Jenyns, Brit. Vert., p. 29. 
Common throughout the county. 
Gen. mVOXVS, Schr. 
BX. Avellanarius, Dormouse. 
M. avellanarius, Bell, Brit. Quad., p. 295. Clermont, Quad. Europe, 
p. 122. Jenyns, Brit. Vert., p. 30. 
Not uncommon in the south of the county. Abundant in the 
neighbourhood of Exeter. Constructs its nest sometimes in the 
branches of a bush. Two animals are sometimes found together in 
one nest in the ground in winter. W. S. M. U Urban. In the 
Museum of the Plymouth Institution is a white variety. 
