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ground, have feveral chambers in their
holes, and lay in a confiderable ftock of
grafs and fweet roots; alfo the nut of
the cedar—5 to 10 copeaks.
Inglifh Names,   Ruffian Names.       Yakut Names*
Squirrel.         Belka.                   Tee-ing j fpring and autumn—3 to 5 copeaks ; eftecm*
ed good eating by the different tribes.
Flying do.       Letufhka*             Tirik-annat; annat is winged y tirlk is fkin—Of no value*.
Striped do.      Burunduk.            Burunduk; 2 copeaks..
The three fpecies of fquirrel pafs the winter in
hollow trees, or under ground',, in the fame
manner as the marmot.
Mountain-.	I Plmuka.	Kyla.        *]
Whittling rat.		^   never fought after—Worth nothing., Kutuyak;   I
Sharp nofed.	JMuim.	
Com. moufe.	3	
	The Birds	confift of the following kinds :
Inglifli Names*	Ruffian Names,	Yakut Names*
Swan.	Lebed.	KubaH; appear about the 20th April, and depart in
		September.
Goofe.	Goofc,	Kaas ; appears and goes a few days later.
Duck.	Utka.	Kus ; are in great variety, and numerous.
Eagle.	Orel.	Baruldo; black.
Ditto.	Ditto.	Toyon ; white head and tail.
	S"kopa.	Umfan 5 of the eagfe or hawk kind: darts in the wa*.
		ter for fiflu
	Yaftrfp.	Kirt.
	Kretchet.	Ditto.
	Korfhoon,	Tbgolaki
	Sokol.	
Owl;	Filen.	Mokfoghol and KaralL
Gull.	Chaika,	Kopta.
Small  black head. Gull.	1     Martefhka,.	Tiraghi.
Crane.	Zihurav.,	Turuja.
Stork. '	Sterch.	Kutelik.
Partridge.	Kuropatka.	Kabdmi.,
Raven.	Voron.	Sor.
Crows.	Varonna. 5	Tarak. Divers