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b. Form stout and clumsy; tail less than half as long- as 

 body; skull nearly flat on top (Woodchucks). 



Genus Arctomys. 

 bb. Form slender and graceful; tail much more than half 

 as long- as body; top of skull distinctly rounded, 

 c. Cheek pouches present; back striped (Chipmunks). 



Genus Tamias. 

 cc. Cheek pouches absent; back not striped (Squirrels). 



Genus Sciurus. 



genus sciurus, l. (Squirrels). 



27. S. hudsonius loquax Bang-s. Southern Red Squirrel, 

 Mountain Boomer. Back red, under parts white, edge of tail 

 yellowish. L. 12*4. T. 5/3. (The length of tail does not 

 include the distance the hairs project beyond the flesh but is 

 the length of the tail vertebrae only. This is important to 

 note in the case of the Squirrels and other mammals with 

 hairy tails.) The Mountain Boomer is found throughout the 

 mountains of the State from Cherokee to the Virginia line. 



28. S. carolinensis Gmelin. Southern Gray Squirrel. Size 

 medium, back dark yellowish rusty-gray. L. 18. T. 8. 

 Common throughout the whole State. 



29. S. niger L. Southern Fox Squirrel. Largest of the 

 eastern Squirrels. Color very variable, gray, rusty or black, 

 but the ears and nose are always white. Feet and hands very 

 large, fur coarse and harsh. L. 25. T. 12. Said /by Bangs 

 to be wholly confined to the great pine forest of the South 

 Atlantic and Gulf States. Only known in this State from 

 Tarboro and Craven county. Specimens from the latter 

 county are in the State Museum. 



(S. ludovicianus Gray. Northern Fox Squirrel. Back 

 mixed black and rusty, belly varying from pale rust color to 

 rusty white; ears rusty (never white but the nose is some- 

 times white). L. 23. T. 10J/2. Fox Squirrels are recorded 

 from the neighborhood of Asheville by Mr. X. W. Fain, and 

 from Cherokee county by Dr. Donald Wilson and may be this 

 species or the preceding. Dr. Wilson sent me a skin without 



