SONGAR. 
along the back, from head to tail, with a black 
line. The sides of the head, and the body^ 
are marked with great white spots : in certaini 
parts, running into one ; in others, bounded 
with brown. The beliy, and the insides of 
the legSj are white, 
*' It is an inhabitant of Siberia: and found, 
chiefly, in the dry, sandy, saline places; par- 
ticularly, the sandy plains of the Baraba, not far 
from the River Irtish. It dwells, during the 
summer, in the shallow newly-formed burrows; 
those of the Females, however, have a very 
deep oblique passage at the end. The nest is 
formed of dried herbs. 
" In one of these nests^ Dr. Pallas found 
seven young: and, from this nest, there ran 
another deep hole; perhaps, the winter re- 
treat. The young were much grown, yef 
still blind. Dr. Pallas preserved them long 
They soon grew familiar, contrary to the na* 
ture of other Mice. They would feed froH! 
the Doctor's hand; lap milk ; and, when pla6e( 
cn a table, shewed no desire of running away 
but were slower, in all their motions, than th< 
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