THE HUDSON BAY LEMMING 225 



the west Alaskan Eskimo, skins are very common, and the 

 children delight in using them for doll clothes. 



This animal is about the size of a large mole, thick- 

 bodied, short-legged, and sharp-nosed. The ears are extremely 



HUDSON BAY LEMMING. 

 Winter and summer pelage. 



short, and quite hidden in the fur; the legs are short, the feet 

 rat-like, and the tail is so very short that it also is half hidden 

 by the fur. The fur is long, fluffy, and fine; brown, brown- 

 ish gray, or mottled in summer, but snow-white in winter. 

 The length of the head and body is 4 to 5 inches, and of the 



tail ]4. inch. 



The Lemming is found from Latitude 56° northward to 

 the whole arctic coast; in Labrador,, Greenland, the arctic 



