,586 Mr. Sabine's Account 



the French Canadians are said to have called Siffleur, from the 

 hissing noise it makes when disturbed, though Buffon supposed 

 that name more applicable to the Maryland Marmot. It inha- 

 bits the country round Hudson's Bay, Canada, and other north- 

 ern parts of America. 



The figure given by Pennant in his Synopsis of Quadrupeds, 

 and also in the second and third editions of his History of Qua- 

 drupeds, is small, and, though a tolerable representation, does 

 not convey a good idea of the animal. This figure was copied 

 by Bewick. 



Schreber's figure was taken from a drawing communicated to 

 him by Pallas ; he makes the body a pale yellow, and the top of 

 the head as well as the under-parts of the body chesnut ; the tail 

 is represented so short as not to touch the ground as the animal 

 stands. The chesnut colour of the head is mentioned by Forster, 

 and therefore is probably to be found in some instances, though 

 on the specimen I have seen there is no such appearance. 



ArCTOMYS PliUINOSA. HoARV MaRMOT. 



3. A. capite auriculato ; rostro pedibusque nigris, dorsi laterum 



et abdominis pilis duris, longis, basi cinereis medio nigris, 



apice albidis. Gmel. 

 Hoary Marmot. Penn. Hist. Quad. ii. 398. — edit. 3. ii. 130. 



Penn. Arct. Zool. i. 112. Schreb. Quad. 745. Shaw's Zool. iii. 



1*1. 

 Arctomys pruinosa. Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 144. Turton Syst. 



Nat. i. 89. 



Size of the Quebec Marmot, as described by Mr. Pennant; 

 that is, the size of a Rabbit. Tip of the nose black ; ears 

 short and oval ; cheeks whitish ; crown dusky and tawny. 

 Hair unusually rude and long ; that on the back, sides and 



belly 



