. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. '.' n J ^ {f I I n' I i smciNG MICE *8« Life-histories of Northern Animals tion and, indeed, died shortly after capture. On going to the house (of W. J. Ptolemy) I was able to examine and preserve the specimen; the parasites were still alive and very large. (Sec Fig. 141.) Most persons are surprised to hear of singing Mice. The first I met with was in my New York residence. Out of the black darkness of a cupboard at midnight came a prolonged squeaking, thrilling,
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. '.' n J ^ {f I I n' I i smciNG MICE *8« Life-histories of Northern Animals tion and, indeed, died shortly after capture. On going to the house (of W. J. Ptolemy) I was able to examine and preserve the specimen; the parasites were still alive and very large. (Sec Fig. 141.) Most persons are surprised to hear of singing Mice. The first I met with was in my New York residence. Out of the black darkness of a cupboard at midnight came a prolonged squeaking, thrilling, and churring, sug- gestive of a canary's song, but of thinner and weaker quality. There could be no question that it was a 'singing Mouse.' Many such cases are on record. Some have been explained as the squeaking of a Mouse in pain from some internal disease, particularly of the vocal apparatus, but others have not, and there seems good reason for believing that House-mice, and indeed all Mice, will at times express their sense of well-being, in a series of complicated sounds that correspond in every way with the singing of birds. So far as known the Common Rat (Mus norvegicus) has not yet established itself m Fto. 141—The diseued Moum and one of in panuitM. Both life Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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