NATURAL HAVERSACKS. 47 
known as Tamas (nearly as bad as Indian); 
tamias being Greek for ‘store-keeper,’ the generic 
title. The specific name tells us that he has four 
stripes, or ‘ribbons,’ marking his skin. The 
Missouri Striped Squirrel is the familiar appella- 
tion of the white settler; the Ogress Squirrel of the 
savage—why so named will be shown in thesequel. 
The specific characters are, briefly :—Tail quite 
as long as the body; a grey stripe along the top 
of the head, joining two others passing below the 
eyes; a hoary patch behind the ears; general 
colour, deep ferruginous red; back marked with 
four equidistant stripes, nearly black, extending 
from the neck to the tail; length four inches, 
without the tail. Incisors (cutting-teeth) strong, 
and deeporange-colour on the outer surface; on 
each side of the mouth is a large pouch, opening 
just anterior to the molar teeth, and Suge 
back to the shoulder. 
In these capacious sacks, seeds, bits of favourite 
roots, indeed anything either eatable or storeable, 
is carried to the ‘store-keeper’s’ residence. The 
pouches are filled from the mouth; the forefeet 
being used, much the same as hands, to press the 
cargo back, and tightly pack it. When emptying 
them, the forefeet are again called into requi- 
sition; placed behind the corpulent bags, the 
