HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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THE QUEBEC MARMOT. 



Is 'rather larger than a Rabbit: its ears are short, 

 and its whole head round ; its cheeks are of a grey 

 colour, and its nose black ; its back is variegated, 

 each hair being grey at the bottom, black in the 

 middle, and white at the tips ; its belly and legs are 

 of an orange colour ; its toes black and naked, and 

 its tail short and rather 'bushy. It inhabits Hud- 

 son's Bay and Canada. 



One of them, exhibited in London some years 

 ago, was perfectly tame. 



Air. Pennant supposes it to be the species called 

 the SIFFLEUR by the French of Canada. 



