. A history of British mammals . iux = \\ie. filbert. Some writers suppose that dormice are unable to openripe hazel nuts, and in this respect experiences are contradictory. ^ Especially of the mountain ash, when coming to eat which it may be snared withnooses (A. E. Brehm). In captivity it likes plums, apples, strawberries, and particularly cherries ; in fact,all except very acid fruits, together with salad, Indian corn, almonds and nuts, butusually refuses meat, cheese, bread and milk, or eggs (Fernand Lataste, Recherchesdu Zooethique sur les Mammiftires de Iordre des Rongeurs, Act. Soc. Lin
. A history of British mammals . iux = \\ie. filbert. Some writers suppose that dormice are unable to openripe hazel nuts, and in this respect experiences are contradictory. ^ Especially of the mountain ash, when coming to eat which it may be snared withnooses (A. E. Brehm). In captivity it likes plums, apples, strawberries, and particularly cherries ; in fact,all except very acid fruits, together with salad, Indian corn, almonds and nuts, butusually refuses meat, cheese, bread and milk, or eggs (Fernand Lataste, Recherchesdu Zooethique sur les Mammiftires de Iordre des Rongeurs, Act. Soc. Linn.,Bordeaux, x\., 1887 ; L. E. Adams, MS.); lettuce, sorrel, and groundsel (Mayne Reid,The Naturalist in Siluria, 18S9, 102).. South Orkney Grass Mice. THE DORMOUSE OR SLEEPER 363 complete shell, but it cannot tell in advance if the kernel issound, so that its boring operations are often abortive. Incaptivity it has been known to return to an empty shell andopen a second hole/ With Barcelona nuts it gnaws throughthe edge of the rough circular patch and then downwards.^ Itoften drinks largely, bending its head towards the water untilits lips are immersed. It seems to be fond of sweet things, for more than oneobserver has found it devouring the sugar placed on a tree-trunk to attract moths,* and Mr E. BidwelP saw one nibblingthe flowers of honeysuckle to get at the nectar. It will also consume aphides, nut-weevils, and caterpillars, andoccasionally the eggs of small birds; but, perhaps on accountof its smaller size, it does not appear to be so much addicted toa diet of flesh or eggs as are the larger dormice of continentalEurope. Retribution may sometimes overtake it when tres-passing, for Mr A. H. Cocks once f
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