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Pranks of the Harvest Mouse

(67) always at some little height, presupposes As the food of the Harvest-mouse cona climbing power in the architect. All sists greatly of insects-flies being espemice and rats are good climbers, being cial favorites-it is evident that great able to scramble up perpendicular walls, agility is needed. In order to show the provided that their surfaces be rough, and active character of the quadruped, one of even to lower themselves head downward the Harvest-mice is represented in the act by clinging with the curved claws of their of climbing toward a fly, on which it is hind feet. The Harvest-mouse is even about to pounce. Under such circumbetter constructed for climbing than the stances its leap is remarkably swift, and ordinary mouse, inasmuch as its long and its aim is as accurate as that of the swalflexible toes can grasp the grass-stem as low. Even in captivity, it has been known firmly as a monkey's paw holds a bough, to take flies from the hand of its owner, and the long, slender tail is also partially and to leap along the wires of its cage as prehensile, aiding the animal greatly in smartly as if it were trying to capture an sustaining itself as it reaches forward. insect that could escape.