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ORANGE-BELLIED SQUIRREL. 
COLOUR. 
The whole upper surlkce gray, with a distinct yellow wash. The 
hairs which give this outward appearance are grayish slate colour at 
their base, then broadly annulated with yellowish, then black, and near 
the tips annulated with yellowish- white ; sides of the face and neck, 
the whole of the inner side of the limbs, feet, and the under parts, deep 
golden yellow ; on the cheeks and sides of the neck, however, the hairs 
are obscurely annulated with black and whitish ; the ears are well clothed 
on both surfaces with tolerably long hair of the same deep golden hue 
as the sides of the face ; hairs of the feet mostly blackish at the root, 
some obscurely tipped with black ; hairs of the tail, black at the root, and 
the remaining portion bright rusty yellow ; each hair annulated with 
black three times ; the under surface of the tail is chiefly bright rusty yel- 
low ; whiskers, longer than the head, black. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Length of head and body, . . . 
“ of tail, (vertebras,) - - - - 
“ including fur, - - - - - 
“ of palm to fend of middle fore-claw, - 
“ of heel to point of middle nail, - 
“ of fur on the back, - - - - 
Height of ear posteriorly, ... 
Breadth of tail with hair extended. 
Weight ly lbs. 
HABITS. 
Inches. Linos. 
10 6 
9 2 
12 0 
1 7 
2 7 
0 7 
0 5 
8 6 
During the winter season the city of New-Orleans is thronged by na- 
tives of almost every land, and the Levee (which is an embankment ex- 
tending along the margin of the river) presents a scene so unlike any- 
thing American, that as we walk along its smooth surface we may ima- 
gine ourselves in some twenty different countries, as our eyes fall upon 
many a strange costume, whose wearer has come from afar, and is, like 
ourselves, perchance, intent on seeing the curiosities of this Salmagundi 
city. Here a Spanish gentleman from Cuba, or a Mexican, next a pirate 
or thief, perhaps, from the same countries ; all Europe is here represented, 
and the languages of many parts of the world can be heard whilst walk- 
ing even half a mile ; the descendants of A frica are here metamorphosed 
