Fox Squirrel 
out in the making of one or another of the burrows, the near- 
est of which is several rods away. 
Close by one of the recently made burrows I noticed where 
the chipmunk had originally intended having his doorway and 
twice been obliged to abandon his work on account of unfore- 
seen obstruction beneath the surface; roots or stones probably, for 
it seems imperative that the shape should be almost perpendicular 
for the first few feet. One of these abandoned attempts was only 
an inch deep and an inch in diameter at the surface, at the bot- 
tom it was flat and decidedly larger. There was no dirt scattered 
near, so that apparently even from the very beginning every par- 
ticle that is removed is discreetly carrried away in the cheek 
pouches of this wily little rodent. 
The other hole that was started a few feet away is six inches 
deep and corresponds exactly with the first six inches of the 
finished burrow, the walls being packed equally hard. It looks 
as if the little chap that made it had dug out a passage just 
large enough to squeeze into, and as he worked along, had en- 
larged it by continually turning around and packing it on all 
sides with his feet, in this manner insuring firm walls for his 
home, and at the same time lessening the quantity of earth to 
be removed. 
Fox Squirrel 
Scturus rufiventer neglectus (Gray) 
Also called Cat Squirrel. 
Length. 23.50 inches. 
Description. The largest of the true squirrels, with very long 
bushy tail. Colour grizzly or yellowish gray, the hairs 
banded with black, and with more or less rusty tints on the 
upper surface; underparts pale, ferruginous to nearly white; 
tail rusty beneath, bordered with black. Exact colours de- 
cidedly variable in different individuals. 
Range. Mountains of North Carolina and Virginia, northward 
through Pennsylvania and New Jersey to central New York. 
Now nearly extinct through most of its range. Represented 
to the West and South by related varieties. (See below). 
Fox squirrels are big vigorous fellows, adapting their habits 
to the kind of woods they live in. Those found among hard- 
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