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easily induced to feed on flesh, and will eat insects 

 as well as vegetables. They are short-legged ani- 

 mals, with a tail covered, and rather short; a large 

 and flatted head. They pass the winter in a state 

 of lethargy, in deep holes, the entrance of which 

 they close up with hay. They are gregarious, and 

 easily tamed. These species are known in the Old 

 Continent. 



The Marmot of the Alps, (M. Alpinus,L.) Buff. VIII. 



XXVIII. 



As large as a Rabbit, with short tail, and yel- 

 lowish gray fur, with ash-coloured tints towards 

 the head. It lives in high mountains, immedi- 

 ately under perpetual snows. 



The Marmot of Poland, or Bobac, (M. Bobac, Lin.) Pall 

 Glir. V. Schreb. ccix. 



Of the size of the preceding ; yellowish-gray, 

 with red tints towards the head. Inhabits 

 mountains slightly elevated, and small hills, 

 from Poland as far as Kamtschatka, and often 

 burrows in the hardest soils. 



The Souslik, or Zikel, {M. Citillus, L.) Buff. Supp. III. 



XXXI. 



A pretty little animal, of a grayish-brown, 

 waved or spotted with white; is found from 

 Bohemia as far as Siberia. It has a particular 



