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munk, T. striatus, Linn., from Montreal to Virginia and 

 westward to the Missouri, is five to six inches long to 

 the tail, which is four to four and a half inches ; the gen- 

 eral color above, finely grizzled yellowish-gray and brown, 

 the back and sides with five longitudinal black stripes. 

 The dark stripes 



Fig. 77. 



are bordered by 

 chestnut -brown, 

 and the rump is 

 pale chestnut. A 

 variety is whol- 

 ly black. The 



. Stiiped Squirrel, T. ftriatus, Linn. 



writer has one 



specimen of this color from New Hampshire. The Striped 

 Squirrel makes its hole near the roots of a stump or tree, 

 into which it carries its stores for winter, and where it 

 stays, without once coming out, so long as the cold 

 weather lasts. In autumn these squirrels may be con- 

 stantly seen hurrying towards their holes, their cheek- 

 pouches distended to the utmost capacity with nuts and 

 grain. 



The Missouri Striped Squirrel, T. quadrivittatus, Rich., 

 of Missouri and westward and southward, is four to five 

 inches long to the tail, which is about as long as the 

 body ; the back with five dark stripes, their intervals 

 forming four grayish-white lines ; the sides of the body 

 deep ferruginous, the under parts dingy grayish-white. 

 There is a light stripe along the top of the head, with 

 branches above and below the eyes. 



The Gila Striped Squirrel, T. dorsalis, Baird, of New 

 Mexico, is distinguished by its single distinct dorsal dark 

 stripe. 



Townsend's Striped Squirrel, T. Townsendii, Bach., of 

 the Pacific coast, is the largest of this genus yet seen in 

 North America. 



