FAUNA AMERICANA. 1{{5 



holes they accumulate provisions for winter, which 

 they transport in their cheek pouches ; such arti- 

 ticles as seeds, roots, nuts, &c. Copulate in March. 

 Inhabit Northern Asia, from the Kama and the 

 Dwina to the extremity of Siberia ; North Ame- 

 rica, from Canada to Carolina, and west of the 

 Mississippi. (Variety, perfectly ivhite, albino.) 



Species. 



10. Sciurus hudsoniiis, Gmel. Schreb. Tab. 214, 

 Foster, Act. Angl. v. Ivii. p. 378. Penn. Syn. Quad 

 p. 280. Tab. 26. fig. 1. Pall. Glir. p. 376. >S'. vul- 

 garisy Var. F. Erxleb. (Encycl. pi. 75. fig. 1.) vul- 

 ofarlv the Chick-a-ree. 



Char. Essent. Colour reddish-brown above, 

 whitish cinereus beneath ; a single black line on 

 each flank. 



Dimensions. Total length seven inches seven 

 lines ; of the head one inch ten lines ; of the tail 

 five inches. 



Description. Superior parts of a reddish-brown, 

 more or less deep, and more or less spotted with 

 black ; top of the head and anterior part of the 

 members of the same colour, but of a complexion 

 rather more clear ; lower jaw, beneath the throat, 

 breast, belly, and anterior surface of the thighs, of 

 a dirty white, lightly tinged with yellow ; a well 

 defined black line on each flank, separating com- 

 pletely the colour of the back from that of the 

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