MAMMALIA. GMRES. Hamflers. 245 



lining the neft with the Elymns arenarius and other dried plants ; it is chiefly active at night, and is 

 fond of leguminous plants, particularly the Aftragaius tragacanthoide^. 



4. Rice Hamfter. — 35. AT. Cricetus phaeus. }•;. 



The upper parts of the body are of a hoary afh colour, with long dufky hairs along the 

 back ; the fides whitifh ; the circumference of the mouth, bread, belly, and extre- 

 mities of the limbs, are pure white. Pallas, Glir. 86. n. 23. .and p. 261. t. xv, A. Scbre- 

 ber, iv. 708. t. cc. 



Zarizyn Rat. Penn. hilt, of quad. n. 327. 



Inhabits about Zarizyn in the deferts of Siberia, and in the mountains of the north of Perfia 



This fpecies does vaft mifchief in the rice fields : It is about three inches and a half long, and the tail 

 not quite one ; the fore-head is much elevated ; the edges of the eye-lids are black ; the ears are 

 large, oval, almoft naked, and projecting, being clothed flightly with a dufky fur; the tail has a dufky 

 line along its upper part. This animal is often caught in traps during winter, near ftables and other 

 out-houfes, and never becomes torpid. 



5. Songar Hamfter. — $6. M. Cricetus fongarus. 36. 



The upper parts of the body are of a grey afh colour, marked with a black line along 

 the back ; the fides of the head and body are varied with lar^e white and dark brown 

 fpots ; the feet and belly are white. Pallas, Glir. 86. n. 25. and p. 269. t. xvi. B. and It. ii. 

 703. n. 6. Schreber, iv. 709. t. cci. 



Songar Rat. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 3 29. 



Inhabits the defert of Baraba, near the Irtifh, in Siberia. — This fpecies likewife digs chambers for 

 the reception of provifions : It is about three inches long, with a very fhort, thick, blunt, and hairy 

 tail, iittle more than one-third of an inch in length; the head is thick, with a blunt nofe, and the whif- 

 kers are fhorter than the head ; the ears are oval, very thin, long, and covered flightly with a hoary 

 down ; each of the feet has four toes, and a knob, without any claw, in place of the fifth ; this ani- 

 mal is not fo fierce as fome other fpecies of the Hamfters, but may be tamed when caught young, and 

 grows very familiar,, 



6. Baraba Hamfter. — 37. M. Cricetus Furunculus. 37. 



The upper parts of the body are of a cinereous yellow, with a black ftreak on the 

 back; the under parts dirty white. Pallas, Glir. 86. n. 26. Schreber, iv. 710. t. ccii. 



Baraba Rat. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 330. — Mus barabenfis. Pallas, It. ii. 704. n. 8. — Mus furun- 

 culus, or Thievifh Rat. Pall. nov. fp. fafc. i. 273. t. xv. A. — Furunculus myodes. Meflerfchmid, 

 Muf. Petrop. 343. n. 109. 



Inhabits Dauria, Siberia in the defert of Baraba, towards the Ob, between the Onon and Argum, 

 and in the Chinefe empire near lake Dalai — This fpecies is about three inches long, and the tail near 



one ; 



