THE ROD l 





well-formed ears, the Budsoo Bay lemming (( 

 torquatus) has no external ears. It bi pure white in 



winter, while the lemmings do not change. It inhabits 

 the arctic regie Europe as well as arctic 



America and Greenland. In summer it burrows under 

 stones in dry i ami in the winter nests in the n 



Via. 898.— Flying Squirrel (Sciuropterut volant), one half natui 



From their nest-building habits, rodents arc. as a rule, not 

 ludike birds; and Owen. Eor these ■- . ascril liem 



a low degree <>f intelligence. Granting that this is the 

 case, an exception t<» this rule is -ceil in the social I 

 which evince a high, exceptional d< :* intelligence. 



Beavers build a dam in a running stream so as I reate an 



