178 FAUNA AxMERIGANA= 



black colour; ears short and black ; hair of the tail 

 ringed like the flanks; covering consisting of 

 brown fur, traversed with long hairs, which are 

 alone apparent ; each of these are brown at base, 

 then marked with a teint more clear for a small 

 extent, and terminated with black ; those of the 

 posterior part of the back being the longest and 

 entirely black, as well as those on the top of the 

 head. 



Some individuals have white at the end of the 

 tail, nose and feet, also like those of Catesby's, 

 (copied in the Encyclopaedia) around the neck. 



Inhabit North America. This species differs 

 from the black variety of the S. capistratus in its 

 small size, the softness of its hair, and because 

 its nose and ears are not regularly white. It is 

 separated from the black variety of the Gray Squir- 

 rel by the shortness of its tail. 



Species. 



5. Sciurus magnicaudatus. 



Sciurus inacrourus, Say, Long's Exped. to the 

 Rocky Mountains, vol. i. p. 115. 



The specific name by which this species has 

 been designated, has already been applied to de- 

 signate a squirrel totally different, viz. the Ceylon 

 Squirrel, Penn. Quad. p. 408. which is the S. ma- 

 eroiirns, Gmel. Schreb. tab. 217. 



Char. Esse.nt- Body above on each side mixed 



