460 



GLUTTON. 



The skins of the Polar Bear, says Mr. Pennant, 

 were formerly offered by the hunters in the arctic 

 regions to the high altars of cathedrals and other 

 churches, for the priest to stand on during the 

 celebration of mass in winter. 



GLUTTON. 



Ursus Gulo. U. cauda concolore, corpore rufo-fusco, media dorso 

 nigro. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 104. 



Rufous-brown Bear, with tail of the same colour, and the mid- 

 dle of the back black. 



Gulo. Gem. Quadr. p. 554. Aldr. dig. p. 178. 



Glouton. Biff, suppl. 3. p. 240. pi. 48. 



Mustek Gulo. Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 67. 



THIS animal is a native of the most northern 

 parts of Europe and Asia, occurring in Sweden, 

 Norway, Lapland, and Siberia, as well as in some 

 of the Alpine regions, and in the forests of Po- 

 land and Courland. It is also found in the north- 

 ern parts of America, being not uncommon about 

 Hudson's Bay. 



The Glutton is considerably larger than a 

 Badger, measuring about a yard from nose to 

 tail, and the tail about a foot ; but it seems to 

 vary in size, and is often less than this. The 

 muzzle, as far as beyond the eyes, is blackish 

 brown, and covered with hard shining hair: over 

 the forehead, down the sides of the head between 

 the eyes and ears, runs a whitish or ash-coloured 

 band or fillet: the top of the head and whole 



