1895.1 MYODES LEMMUS. 15 

Professor Q. Rygh supplies the following information con- 
cerning names of Norwegian localities which probably contain 
that of the animal. 
1. Lomelde, Farm number on the Estate Register 82, in the 
district of Sogndal in Sogn (the pronunciation is given as 
being, occasionally, Lommelde, with an open or closed o, oc- 
casionally, Laamelde). In the Björgynjar vellum 35a, it is 
spelt Lomendi, 1567 Lomonn. 
2. Lemunsior — Lake in Vaage, which now has changed its 
name, see Dipl. Norv. B. 1, No. 315 (year 1349). In diplomas 
of 1466, it is spelt Liomansior, Lögmanssiö. 
3. The river Lomunda (pronounced Lommonna, with closed o 
in both syllables, and å palatal 2) in Rindalen, the upper- 
most part of which belongs to Örkedalen. It runs through 
the lake Lomundsjö, and after receiving the waters of the 
Ti-Aaen and Rinna in Rindalen, it forms the Surna river. 
In Örkedal, the farm Lommunddal lies by the side of the 
river (its number on the Estate Register is 170). The name 
was spelt with an e in the first syllable, until it was altered, 
in accordance with its pronunciation, in the new Estate 
Register (Lemmmngdal 1624; Lemingdal 1626; Lemundal 1723). 
3. Normal Distribution. 
Myodes lemmus belongs to those mammals of Norway which, 
on account of the natural features of the country, are present 
(also in normal years) in the greatest numbers. 
Whilst Sorex araneus, Lin.!, is not wanting in any locality 
between Lindesnæs and the North Cape, and is, as å rule, 
numerous in every part, from the islands off the coast to the 
very boundary of the phanerogamic vegetation on the mountains, 
1 S. vulgaris, Nath. 1838. 
