BOBAK. 
too generally, the colour is a pale yellow ; 
Pailas. with better discrimination, describes ihs 
upper parts of the body as grey? and the under 
parts yellowish ; while Brisson— who calls it 
the Glis Marmotta Polonica, or Polish Mar- 
mot — tells us, that it is of a yellowish colour, 
with a reddish head. It has four toes on the 
fore feet, with a short thumb having a strong 
claw : there are five toes behind. The tail is 
short, slender, and full of hair. The length 
of this animal, from the nose to the tail, is 
sixteen inches ; the trunk of the tail is about 
four inches, and the hairs extend an inch be- 
yond the end of the trunk. 
These animals inhabit the high but milder 
and sunny sides of mountainous countries, 
■whicli abound with fissile or free-stone rocks. 
They seek dry situations ; and such as are 
full of springs, woods, or sand. They are 
found in Poland ; and, in the South of Russia, 
among the Carpadiian Hills. They swarm m 
tl^e Ukraine, about the Boristhenes ; especiailv, 
between the Suia and the Supoy : and, agnin, 
between the Boristhenes and the Don, and 
aio:;c; Or.^ i-angc of hills which extend to the 
Volga. 
