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Excerpt from A History of British Mammals
It seems to be fond of sweet things, for more than one observer has found it devouring the sugar placed on a tree trunk to attract moths,4 and Mr E. Bidwell5 saw one nibbling the ?owers of honeysuckle to get at the nectar.
It will also consume aphides, nut-weevils, and caterpillars, and occasionally the eggs6 of small birds; but, perhaps on account of its smaller size, it does not appear to be so much addicted to a diet of ?esh or eggs as are the larger dormice of continental Europe. Retribution may sometimes overtake it when tres passing, for Mr A. H. Cocks once found one pecked to death in a thrush's nest.
Like many other rodents this mouse commonly sits on its haunches when eating, holding its food in its hands. But it will also suspend itself head downwards by means of its small but remarkably strong claws, and even feeds comfortably in that position; it can run up and down the naked bole7 of a tree with astonishing rapidity. It is, besides, an active leaper, and springs from twig to twig for surprising distances.
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