80 PARRY'S MARMOT-SQUIRREL. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



According to Dr. Richardson, " this spermophile inhabits the barren 

 grounds skirting the sea-coast, from Churchill, in Hudson's Bay, round 

 by Melville's Peninsula, and the whole northern extremity of the Conti- 

 nent to Behring's Straits, where specimens precisely similar were pro- 

 cured by Captain Beechey. It abounds in the neighbourhood of Fort 

 Enterprise, near the southern verge of the barren grounds in latitude 65o, 

 and is also plentiful on Cape Parry, one of the most northern parts of the 

 continent." 



general remarks. 



Our description of this rare animal was drawn up from a specimen de- 

 posited by Dr. Richardson in the museum of the Zoological Society of 

 London, which was said to have been the identical skin from which his 

 description was taken. 



We possess another specimen, presented to us by Dr. Richardson, 

 virhich is a little longer in the body, and shorter in the tail, than the one 

 w^e have just spoken of; the body being I25 inches in length, and the 

 tail (vertebrae) 3i inches, including fur 5 inches. The forehead and but- 

 tocks of this specimen are reddish-brown. 



