358 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The Barbary SQUIRREL 



is of an afh colour, inclining to red ; each fide is beau- 

 tifully marked with two white (tripes, running length- 

 wife ; its belly is white j its tail bufhy, and variegated 

 with regular {hades of black, one beneath the other ; its 

 eyes are full and black, with white orbits. — It is about 

 the fize of the common Squirrel. 



The Palm SQUIRREL 



is fimilar to the laft, having a pale-yellow ftripe on the 

 middle of the back, and two on each fide parallel to it ; 

 the belly i is of the fame colour ; the reft of the body 

 black and red clofely mixed : Its tail is long, does not lie 

 on its back like that of the Squirrel, but is carried erect. 



Both thefe Squirrels inhabit Barbary and other hot 

 countries. — They live chiefly in palm-trees, from whence 

 the latter has its name. 



