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prevails, the terminal brown of the feet being ob- 

 solete ; superior and inferior margins of the eyes 

 white ; tail moderate, whitish ; fur trianulate with 

 black ; the base and tip of each hair being whit- 

 ish; beneath whitish, tinged with ferruginous; 

 thumb tubercle armed ; iris burnt amber colour, 

 pupil black. 



Habit. Nestling in holes and crevices of rocks, 

 and do not appear to ascend trees voluntarily ; in 

 the stomachs of those killed, were found tlie buds 

 and leaves of a few small plants, common among 

 the rocks. 



Inhabit near the Rock}^ Mountains on the head 

 of the Arkansa ; frequent about the naked parts 

 of the sand stone clifts, or where are only a few 

 cedar bushes. (Say.) 



Species. 



9. Sciurus striatus, Klein. Pallas, Glir. p. 378. 

 Gmel. Schreb. Tab. 221. Sciurus lysteri^ Rai, 

 Syn. Quad. p. 216. Sciurus caroliniensis, Briss. 

 Regn. Anim. p. 155. Le suisse, Buff t. x. pi. 28. 

 Vulgarly the Ground squirrel. (Encycl. pi. 76. 

 fig. 4.) Desm. Mamm. p. 339. 



Char. Essent. Body a brown fawn colour 

 above, with five longitudinal brown rays and two 

 white; rump red; inferior parts white; tail black- 

 ish above, red and bordered with black beneath. 



Dimensions. Total length five inches; of th» 



