176 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



parts of which are twice annulated with white, 

 and twice with black; from whence it results that 

 the tail, when it is flattened, appears to have a 

 double border, white and black. 



Var. 1. S. capistratus niger. V. 2. S. capistr<i' 

 tus nigriventer. 



Habit. Dwelling in pine forests ; the seeds of 

 the pine constitute their principal nourishment ; 

 they enter in heat during the month of January ; 

 their young are capable of running by the month 

 of March ; they differ little for the rest in their 

 habits from the common gray squirrel. 



Inhabit New Jersey and South Carolina, princi- 

 pally in the neighbourhood of Charleston, where 

 they are found in the company of the gray Squirrel. 



Species. 



3. Sciiirus riifiventer, Geoff. Collect, du Mus, 

 Desm. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. t. 10. p. 103. 



Char. Essent. Colour, grayish-brown above ; a 

 lively red beneath ; feet brown ; tail nearly the 

 length of the body ; the colour of the back at base 

 blackish at the extremity. 



Dimensions. Total length six inches six lines ; 

 tail without the hairs nearly the length of the 

 body. 



Description. Reddish-brown, bordering on 

 black on the head, neck, back and flanks ; feet 

 reddish-brown; these hairs are slate-gray at base; 

 beneath the jaws and throat dirty reddish-white ; 



