. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. THE HARVEST MOUSE. 559 golcMiich. In the first, the creature entirely failed, but was tolerably successful in it, mutation of the n„ld notes of the goldfinch. The same animal wo d,l be'in to siL if a melody were played in the minor key, but would cive no re^r^mZ Z\hl^ • % fondness of Mice for music is alreadj'well known'and n^yTCl so,tcS"o th fr sensitiveness of ear. I believe, by the way, that the untaught crL of all thp Inl^ animals, whether they be quadrupeds or birds, are in the m
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. THE HARVEST MOUSE. 559 golcMiich. In the first, the creature entirely failed, but was tolerably successful in it, mutation of the n„ld notes of the goldfinch. The same animal wo d,l be'in to siL if a melody were played in the minor key, but would cive no re^r^mZ Z\hl^ • % fondness of Mice for music is alreadj'well known'and n^yTCl so,tcS"o th fr sensitiveness of ear. I believe, by the way, that the untaught crL of all thp Inl^ animals, whether they be quadrupeds or birds, are in the minor key °'''' lu^^M^sK^jt^cis^ritS ^Tie^rSiT^;f^•*^^ ^^t^*."**'« aiute live inches, its tail being nearly^ro^inch^s^Id a ^ n t^^ "ir^^ir of iS lur is a delicate reddish-brown, the base of each Imir taking the darker tint, and the point waiiniiig into red, while the under parts of the abilomen are white. The line of demarcation between the brown and white is well defined. The description which is given of the Harvest . and its wonderful nest, by the Eev. tJilbert White, is so well known that it need only be casually mentioned. I have fortunately had opportunities of verifying his observations by nieaiis of a nest which was found in a field in AViltshire by some It \vas built ui)on a scaffolding of four of the rank grass-stems that are generally found on the sides of ditches, and was situated at some t-n or eleven inches from the ground. In form it was globular, rather larger than a cricket-ball, and was quite empty, having probably been hardly completed when the remorseless'scythe struck down the scaffolding and wasted all the ehiborate labour of the poor little architect. The material of which it was composed was thin dry grass of nearly uniform substance, and its texture was remarkably loose, so that any object contained in it could be seen through the inter- stices as easily as if it had been placed in a lady's open-worked knitting basket. T
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