MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Mus, U 
I'lLibits llie Tandy and muddy defcr'.s on the Ural and Irtijh, each 
in around, narrow burrow; migrates inf.varms; feeds on the 
dwarf iris and fmaller fpecies of mice ; {low, flceps much rolled 
up, IS not torpid in winter ; brings many times in a year 5 — 6 
_ young : g-J inches long. 
2 ail hardly appearing beyond tlie fur ; Idly and feet pale afli ; 
lipx rough. Iwelliiig. 
Tail flior! ; cars fliortcr than the fur; fore-feet 5-toeQ; 
body nilly, variegated ; round the neck a whitifh col- 
lar 
a dark line along the back. 
^ Collared Monje, 
iiiliabits the Uralian mountains, and marflres of the Frozen- Sea; 
feeds on lichens .and bulbous roots, wliicli it hoards in its bur- 
rows ; migrates in troo])s ; 3 inches long. 
Body variegated with grov, yellow and dark-ru{ly ; fur fine ; 
tuil truncate, with a tuft of briftles at the end. 
Tail fliort; cars fliorter than the fur; forc-fect 5-tocd; 
body tawny varied w ith black, beneath white. 
Lemming. 
Innablts the mountains of Norway and Lapland ; feeds on grais, 
lichens; bites, hilTcs, burrow's under the fnow in winter; Ix-- 
forc the approach of a hard froll migrates in vail armies in a 
firaight line, chiefly by night, in fpite of every obftaple even 
rivers and houfes ; dcllroys all vegetation in its progiefs, and 
lays wa{le the country it paifes tbrougb ; will even attack man; 
IS preyed upon in its journey by V'irds. bealVs, and many rep- 
tiles, fo that few return in the fpnng to the mountains; fize 
of tiie laft, 
B'hijkers long, 6 of the liairs on each, ftdc longer than the reft; 
upper lip divided; cars fmall, round, rcileiTtcd; b'dly white, 
tinged evith yellow. 
2. Smaller, more uniformly tawny. 
Inhabits Siberia ; burrows and lays up {lores ; does not migrate. 
''t Tail fliort; earso; hind-feet 5-toed ; dorfal ftripe brown- 
^ i Ih -yellow ; breaft and belly white. Hudjons Moufe. 
•inhabits Zfliiradorf; 5 inches long. 
Bedy chiefiy cinereous, a pale tawny flrlpc along the fides ; tail 
terminated with long, {liflr, dirty- white hairs ; feit fhort. 
Tall fhort, covered with coarfe hair ; toes 4 before, 5 be- 
hind; body white. Lena Moufe. 
Inhabits the banks of the river Lena ; inches long. 
D. Chech 
