feet : the sides of the tail are muricated in a lonsn- 
tudinal direction with small points: the toes 
are furnished with claws, and the three intermediate 
toes are serrated : two on both sides, and the other 
onl\ on one : the colour ah ve is a clouded variega¬ 
tion of vellowish and cinereous, with thickly-scat¬ 
tered dusky specks; beneath dull white, with a 
bhick streak on the breast and beneath the tip of the 
tail. It inhabits the sandv and hilly deserts of Si- 
beria. 
