4 A SPRING AND SUMMER IN LAPLAND. 



are found only in those tracts far removed from the 

 fells themselves, and this will hold good, whether 

 we divide these regions in a vertical or horizontal 

 direction, with this difference, that the regions in 

 the latter are much broader than in the former. 



After these remarks we will divide the land 

 into the following regions for plants and quad- 

 rupeds, taking a fell tract in West Norway, 60° 

 north latitude. 



1. The Perpetual Snow Region, which extends 

 from the tops of the highest snow fells down to 

 the first bushes. In this region the only vegeta- 

 tions are a few ice plants, lichens, and mosses ; 

 and the only quadrupeds that belong to them are 

 the glutton, the white fox, the reindeer, the 

 northern hare (Lepus borealis), and the common 

 weazel. 



2. To the Willow and Birch Region belong the 

 lemming, two or three species of field-mice, the 

 fox, the wolf, the bear, the stoat, the common 

 field-mouse, the Lorex pygmceus, and one bat 

 (Vesp. borealis). 



3. In the Pine and Fir Region we meet with the 

 long-eared bat, parti-coloured bats, the water- 

 shrew, the lynx, the marten, the otter, the long- 

 tailed field-mouse, the common mouse, two or 

 three species of vole, the squirrel, the elk, and the 

 red deer. 



