GEORGIAN SQUIRREL &C. 91 
m shrubby places, feeding on roots and fmits, of 
Which it collects a magazine for food, 
Georgian squirrel. 
This species is said by its describer, Mr, Gul~ 
denstedt, to be a nati ve of Georgia, in Asia, and 
to be larger than a common squirrel. Its colour 
on the upper part of the head, body, and limbs, 
is dusky ferruginous ; and of the under parts and 
tail, bright ferruginous, the breast and belly being 
paler than the other parts : the ears arc small, and 
slightly sharpened at the tips. 
Persian squirrel. 
In its general appearance and way of life, this 
is said to resemble the common squirrel, but di£*> 
fers in colour, and in having plain or untufted ears ; 
the upper parts are dusky; and the parts about 
the eyes, black ; the throat, breast, and belly, 
yellow, and the sides white ; the tail blackish grey, 
marked beneath, about the middle, with a white 
band ; the feet reddish. It is an inhabitant of the 
jnpuntainous parts of Persia. 
. Grey squirrel. 
This species, both in its form and manners, very 
much resembles the common squirrel. It is about 
the size of a young rabbit ; and, except the inside 
of the limbs, and the under parts of the body, 
which are white, its colour is an elegant pale 
grey. 
The grey squirrels are said to be natives of Lap- 
land, and some other northern climates. They 
often change the places of their residence ; and 
fonietimes not one of them can be found during 
