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Tour in Scotlaml, 2./ ed. Ph. Tr. 4, vii. />. 343. Syr. qvad^ 



No, 1 8^4. 

 Er. maigheach gheal, maigheach mhonai. 



INhabits the fummlts of the highefl high- 

 land hills, alofig with the Ptarmigans. 

 Is lefs than the common hare, of a gre\er 

 color, or lefs ferruginous : a bad runner ; 

 often ftops fuddenly in the midft of its 

 courfe : wh^n purfued Ihelters beneath the 

 loofe ftones, or in clifts of rocks : never de- 

 fends into the plains, or mixes with the 

 common hare, which is frequent at the bot- 

 toms of the fame hills. In Winter turns white, 

 the tips of the ears excepted ; in Spring 

 refumes it's grey color ; the ears fhorter, the 

 hind icn longer, in proportion, than thofe 

 of the common hare : the hair much loncer 

 and thicker than in the latter, to protedt it 

 againft the feverity of the cold. 



Br. Zool. I. 90. iv. tab. 47, '^d fii. No. 22. Syn. qicad, 



No, 1^6. 

 Er. Coinean. 



INhabits all the iflands, even the rock of 

 Jilfa : found in the Orkmes in myriads. 

 They caufe great fhifting of the fands, by 

 burrowing in them ; but the value of their 

 fkins (a great article of commerce there) 

 fcarce counterbalances the damage. This 



animal. 



