1895.] MYODES LEMMUS. 9 



* Zwissen sey jdermenmiglichen, das dieses 1579 jares im 
Monat Septembri vnd Octobri zu Bargen m Norwegen, beid in der 
Stadt, vnd auch im gantzen Sbfft an viel örten diese Thiere, aus 
der luft auff das Land, yns Wasser vnd auf die Hausere heufflich 
niedergefallen sind, . . .. >. welchen die Leute daselbst auf jre 
sprache eimen Lemmen nennen. 
Dis haben viele fromde Kauffleutte von Lubeck Hamburgk, 
Bremen so da gewesen, angesehen, Sie haben auch etzliche Todten 
heraus pracht, vnd dieses ordis jeder menniglichen gezeiget vnd 
sehen lassen, damit es mniemandt fur ein Gedicht, sondern fur 
gewis vnd wahr halten muge.” 
As the above shews, this treatise (but rarely to be found 
in libraries) contains an account relating that some *2oo0d 
tradesmen,” during the autumn of 1579, found the lemmings in 
great multitudes in Bergen Stift (this is thus fhe first occasion 
on which å migratory year is alluded to). The animals had 
fallen down there from the skies, and in proof of the truth of 
their statement, they took back with them to their homes in 
the Hanse Towns, a few dried specimens, one of which is depicted 
(in the last edition of 1580) in the following manner: | 

Fig. 2. Myodes lemmus, from a drawing by Kruger (Uelzen 1580). 
