...countryman's museum." His description of the field-mouse's nest, that " was so compact and well-filled that it would roll across the table without being...discomposed, though it contained eight little mice that were nuked and blind ;" his minute observations on the swallow, the bat, the stone-curlew, that lays its...

...harvest-mouse (Mus messorius\ described by the naturalist of Selborne. This nest is " composed of the blades of wheat, perfectly round, and about the size...belonged. It was so compact and well filled, that it * " Gleanings in Natural History, with Local Recollections, by Edward Jesse, Esq." London, 1832, pp....

...or wheat. One of these nests I procured this autumn, most artificially platted, and composed of the blades of wheat ; perfectly round, and about the size...belonged. It was so compact and well filled, that it wouW roll across the table without being discomposed, though it contained eight littJe mice that were...

...or wheat. One of these nests I procured this autumn, most artificially platted, and composed of the blades of wheat ; perfectly round, and about the size...a cricket-ball ; with the aperture so ingeniously clospd, that there was no discovering to what part it belonged. It was so compact and well filled,...

...about the size of a cricket-ball, with the entrance so neatly closed that it could not be discovered. It was so compact and well filled that it would roll across the table without being disturbed, though it contained eight little naked and blind Mice. The FIELD MOUSE is a very destructive...

...of these I procured this autumn, most artificially platted, and composed of the blades of grass or wheat, perfectly round, and about the size of a cricketball,...discovering to what part it belonged. It was s'o compact and •well-filled that it would roll across the table t M^iue and Xe.it. without being discomposed, though...

...grass or wheat. One of these I procured this autumn, most artificially platted, and composed of the blades of wheat, perfectly round, and about the size...what part it belonged. It was so compact and well fitted that it would roll across the table without being decomposed, though it contained eight little...

...and form of a cricket ball, with the entrance so neatly closed that it could scarcely be discovered. It was so compact and well filled, that it would roll across the table without being disturbed, though it contained eight little naked mice ! There are many amusing stories told of mice,...

...grass or wheat. One of these I procured this autumn most artificially plaited, and composed of the blades of wheat, perfectly round, and about the size of a cricketball ; with the opening so ingeniously closed, that there was no discovering to what part it belonged. It was so compact...

...abrupt line. The nest is described by White as being "most artificially platted, and composed of the blades of wheat ; perfectly round, and about the size...contained eight little mice that were naked and blind." It is suspended between the stems of corn, and so carried by the unsuspecting farmer to the rick, where...