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quod adultos cfle pygmcos aliis quoquc notis conftabat. — Simil- 

 limos iftis , vel tantillo majores ubiquc in deferto limofo circa 

 oppidum laicenfe, & inde verfus traiflum arenofum Naryn, pri- 

 mo itidem vere copiofe cepimus; eaque varietas e plurimis col- 

 latis individuis convenire vifa efl:: vellere gryfeo, obfoletius gut- 

 tatOj fubtus pedibusque exfolete lutefcentc, cauda brevi, tere- 

 tiufcula*}. Longitudine tota aquabant feptem (zd fummum 8.) 

 pollices, cauda demto pilo 1". 1'". — Circa minorera Vfcn, me- 

 dii deferti rivum, ubi magis arenofum & aridum folum, minuti- 

 ores his & plane Gurjevenfibus firailes , colore aquabili , fla- 



vefcente - pallido , cauda poUice breviore , occurrebant In are- 



nis fluctuantibus medii deferti, Naryn diflis, haud majores, fcd 

 magis cincrci, profundilTjrais cuniculis in area humida delitefcunt. — 

 In omni deferto Aftrachanenfl ad utrumque Volga; latus, & cir- 

 ca Kumam atque Sarpam, ubi asquahs terrae facies & laicenfis 

 fimihs, haud nuilto majores dantur, vix femilibres, toti gryfeo- 

 cinerei, fquamatim varicgati, fuivedine plane nuUa, cauda bre- 



vi, fed diftiche villofa feu pennata Cauda itidcm crifliata & 



fcmilibrcs, fed uniformi colore pallido lutefcentes, necquicquam 

 variegatos, longe ab hinc circa Tarei lacuin exficcatum Davuri£B 

 & ad Onon-Borfa rivum, in defertis montanis, aridis, glareofis, 

 Mongoli32 finitirais frcquentes obfervavi , eosque in tota Sibiria 

 minimos. 



Pulcherrima Citilli vcirietas circa Tanain & in Cafanienfi 

 regno, ad mediam Volga^ regionem a parte occidentali, Sarato- 

 vam fere ufque, in campis herbidis conflans & vulgaris efl:. Ha- 

 bet illa magnitudinem mediocrem, pondus unciarum circiter decera, 



♦) DE BR vTNii figura, utcunque ru- reprsefentat. 

 dis, perficum Citillum hifce fatis fimilem 



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