Red-squirrel 



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it, and now exploded in wrathful sputterings. Eventually, 

 however, he went off with the largest piece and came back for 

 the fragments one by one. 



FrG. 114— Mushroom eaten by Red-squirrel, Bitter-root Mts., Idaho, September 6, iyo2 



(Natural size) 



The scene was an exact reproduction of one described by 

 Dr. Merriam in 1884.*' 



The third principal food supply is the thinnest greenish 

 outer bark of the Quaking Aspen or Poplar. This it does 

 not store up, but gathers as it is needed in time of famine, just 

 as do the other herbivorous animals. 



^ Mam. Ad., 1884, p. 214. 



