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colour; the colours being pretty distinctly separat- 

 ed down the sides by a dusky line : the beginning 

 of the tail is ferruginous, gradually sinking into 

 iron-grey, and is of a narrow lanceolate form, 

 with a sharp termination. This species is said 

 not to alter its colour during the whole year. In 

 winter it keeps in its nest, and makes its appear- 

 ance on the return of the warm season. 



Var. ? 



CAROLINA SQUIRREL. 



THIS, though stationed as a distinct species by 

 Mr. Schreber, is considered by Mr. Pennant as a 

 variety only of the preceding. Its size is the 

 same, but the disposition of the colours different : 

 the head, back, and sides, being grey, white, and 

 ferruginous, intermixed ; the belly white, and the 

 colour divided from that of the sides by a rust- 

 coioured line : the lower part of the legs is red ; 

 the tail brown, mixed with black, and edged with 

 white. It is found in Carolina. 



