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from those of tree squirrels. Three of them said that it sheds its 
hair in April and May, that the hair begins to thicken in July, and 
that late in August it gets ‘‘nice, warm hair, to fix up for the winter.”’ 
The accuracy of some of the dates may be doubted. This ground 
squirrel damages their provisions. The Tewa eat the flesh, but do 
not use the skin, 
So’we. 
Callospermophilus lateralis (Say). Say’s Ground Squirrel, ‘‘ Big 
Chipmunk’. 
Common in the Jemez Mountains, about the headwaters of El 
Rito de los Frijoles, but not seen by us on the mesas or in the canyons 
which cut them. Easily recognized by lateral yellowish stripe and 
black stripe; it is smaller than pine squirrel. Said to be common 
throughout the mountains of northern New Mexico. Our Indian 
informants recognized the species, distinguishing it from the other 
squirrels by its appearance, its habits, and its habitat, though they gave 
them the same name. They say it is restricted to the mountains and 
correctly consider it a ground squirrel. It is used by them for food. 
Kuwre. 
Eutamias quadrivittatus (Say). Four-lned Colorado Chipmunk. 
Abundant in the canyons, in the mountains, and along the edges at 
least of the mesas. The Indians use it for food and are quite familiar 
with its range and habits. Recognized by its small size and the 
alternating light and dark stripes on the back. 
So’ we. 
Sciurus abert. Woodhouse. Abert’s Tufted-ear Squirrel. 
This is the finest squirrel of the region, as large as the rock squirrel, 
gray above, white beneath, with long and very bushy tail, its long 
leaps from tree to tree never failing to excite the utmost admiration. 
We found it only among the big rock pines on the mesas, where it is 
rather common. It was long ago reported at Santa Fe by Coues and 
Yarrow,! and from Santa Fe to Taos by Coues and Allen.’ It is 
eaten by the Indians. The tufts of hair on the ears are called ’ojep‘o, 
‘ear hairs’. 
So we. 
Sciurus fremonti Aud. & Bach. Fremont’s Chickaree, ‘‘ Pine 
Squirrel” 
Abundant in the Jemez Mountains. Our Indians declared that it 
occurs only among the firs and spruces, a statement well founded but 
too sweeping. Although almost universally called ‘‘ pine squirrel” 
in Colorado, it is found in various parts of that State much more 
commonly among the firs and spruces and not abundant among the 
rock pines. in New Mexico 1 in ascending the « canyon of El Rito de 
1 Coues, Elliott, and Yarrow, H. C., op. cit., p. 115. 
2 Coues, Elliott, and Allen, J. A., Monographs of North American Rodentia, Final Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 
Terr., XI, pp. 737-38, 1877. 
