390 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



preference to certain kinds of food; and if, after 

 filling their mouths with rye, they chance to meet 

 with wheat, they discharge the one, that they may 

 secure the other. 



The Ground Squirrel is marked with a stripe of 

 black which runs along the ridge of the back; and 

 on each side a yellow stripe, bordered with black; 

 its head, body, and tail, are of a reddish brown; 

 breast and belly white ; its nose and feet of a pale 

 red colour; its eyes full and lively. 



It is very wild, bites severely, and is tamed with 

 difficulty. Its skin is of little value. 



THE HUDSON'S BAY SQUIRREL. 



Is smaller than the European. It is marked 

 along the middle of the back with a dusky line, 

 from head to tail ; the belly is of a pale ash colour, 

 mottled with black; and the tail, which is dusky 

 and barred with black, is not so long, nor so full of 

 hair, as that of the common kind. 



