Bui. 243, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate V. 



Fig. 1.— Sugar-Pine Cones Cut by Squirrels. 



The lower cone has been shucked and the seeds eaten. The cone in the center has been partly 

 eaten. Note that the cones are cut at the base and do not have the stalk. Compare this 

 with the blighted cones shown in Plate II, figure 1. (Original.) 



Fig. 2.— Yellow-Pine Cones Cut and Eaten by Squirrels. (Original.) 



SQUIRREL DAMAGE TO PINE CONES FOR COMPARISON WITH THAT 



BY BEETLES. 



