MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Hamfters, 243 



and brown afh colour, the under parts hoary. Pallas, Glir. 86. n. 22. and p. 257. t. xviii. 

 A. Schreber, iv. 6g$. t. cxcvii. 



Mus migratorius, or Migrating Moufe. Pallas, It. ii. 703. n. 5. — Taik Moufe. Penn. hift. of 

 quad. n. 326. 



Inhabits the diftrict of Orenburgh in Siberia, near the Yaik or Ural. — The fnout is thick, with a 

 blunt nofe, and very flelhy lips, the upper one being deeply divided ; the upper fore-teeth are fmall, 

 yellow, convex, and truncated, the lower ones are pointed and {lender; the eyes are large; the tail 

 is very fliort and cylindrical, of a brown colour above, and white beneath ; the legs are white ; the 

 body and head meafure about four inches, and the tail not quite one. This animal lives in burrows, 

 which it quits only in the night to leek for food : The CotUcks fay that it migrates out of the defertu 

 in vaft multitudes ; but Dr Pallas fufpeets this to be a miftake. 



;io 2. German Hamfter. — 33. M. Cricetus germanicid. 9. 



Has large rounded ears ; the head and back are of a reddiih brown colour, the belly, 

 bread, and- upper psrt of the fore legs, black ; the fides are reddifli, and marked with 

 three white (pots. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 324. pi. xlvii. f. 1. 



Mus Cricetus, or Hamfter, having cheek pouches; the lower parts of the body extremely black, 

 with bare patches on the fides. Pallas, Glir. 83. n. 21. Schreber, iv. 695. t. exeviii. A. Syft. nat/ 

 ed. Gmeh 137. ri. 9. — Moufe with a fhort tail ; rounded ears 5 the lower parts very black ; and the 



fides reddifh, with three white fpots. Syft. nat. ed. xii. i. 82 Glis, f. Marmota argentoratenfis, or 



Strafbourgh Marmot, of a reddiih afh colour on the back, having a black belly, and three white 

 fpots on the fides. Briff. quad. 166. — Glis Cricetus. Klein, quad. 56. Agric. fubt. 486. Gefn. 

 quad. 738. Raj. quad. 221. Clauder, E. N. C. dec. iii. n. 5. p. 376. — Porcellus frumentarius. 

 Schwenckf. ther. 118 — Hamfter. Sm. Buff. vii. 178. pi. cexx. Meyer, Thire. fbl. 1748. Norib. 

 t. 81. 82. S. G. Gmelin, It. i. 33. t. 6. Sulzer, Verf. Naturg. des Hamfters, 1773, Gotha — Ger- 

 man Marmot. Penn. Syn. 11. 200. —Hamfter Rat. Penn. hift. cf quad. n. 324. 



;il (i. Black German Hamfter. — 33. /3. M. Cricetus german. niger. 



Is entirely black, except the tip of the nofe, edges of the ears, and the feet, which are 

 white. Penn. hift. of quad; p. 462. ph xlvi. f. 2; 



Cricetus niger, or Black Hamfter. Lepechin, It. i. 192. t. 15. Pallas, It. i. 128. Georgi, It. ii. 

 851. Sulzer, Naturg. des Hamft. fig. in titulo. Schreber, iv. t. exeviii. B. 



Inhabits Siberia, the fouth of Ruffia, Poland, Sclavonia, Hungary, Silefia, Bohemia, and Germany 

 beyond the Rhine, efpecially in Thuringia. — Each individual forms a fubterraneous burrow, confid- 

 ing of feveral chambers, with two holes or entrances leading from the lurface; one of thefe is perpen- 

 dicular, and the other, in which the excrements arc lodged, is oblique; the holes of the females have 

 feveral perpendicular openings, and each young one of her Family is lodged in a feparate chamber : 

 The chambers which are fet apart for the lodging of themfelves and young are lined with ftraw or 

 grafs ; the reft are larger, and are appropriated for containing magazines of grain, beans, peafc, lint- 

 feed, vetches, and other fuch feeds, each in a feparate cell, fometimes a hundred pounds weight in the 



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