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. 



