46 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



attention to the richness of coloring in this cloak. 

 The upper part in this specimen before me is a 

 beautiful combination of black and orange, the 

 orange tipping every hair — while the under part 

 (which is the upper part most of the time) is a light 

 orange. 



We have found that the squirrels are very com- 

 fortable even in cold weather. But are a good 

 home and warm clothes all that are necessary to 

 keep them alive? (They need food.) What do 

 squirrels eat? How can they get these after the 

 fruit and corn are gathered and the nuts which 

 remain on the ground in the woods are covered 

 with snow? (They stored up food in a pantry in 

 another hole in a tree, not far from their sleeping 

 room.) Did you ever see them gather nuts for the 

 winter? How did they carry them to their pantry? 

 How many worked at this? Did you ever come 

 across their store of nuts? Did you examine it? 

 How good a selection had they made? Were there 

 any wormy ones among them? How do you think 

 they discover that a nut is not sound? 



How do the squirrels spend most of the time in 

 the winter? Why do you think so? When they 

 waken and are hungry, how do they get their 



