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BOMBAY; RUDDY SQUIRREL; &€. 
Bombay squirrel* 
The Bombay squirrel has tufted ears too, but 
Ms upper parts are of a dull purple, its lower 
yellow, and the end of its tail orange. From 
noes to tail, it measures near sixteen inches ; its 
tail seventeen* 
Ruddy squirrel. 
The ruddy squirrel inhabits India ; it is larger 
than the common squirrel ; its ears are slightly 
tufted ; its colour above is yellow, mixed with 
dusky below of a blood red, inclining to tawny. 
Its tail is slender, of the same colour, marked 
lengthways with a black stripe. It has four toes 
on the fore feet, with a remarkable protuberance 
instead of a thumb ; and five toes on the hind 
feet. 
Hudson's bay squirrel* 
The Hudson's Bay squirrel is smaller than 
the European, has plain ears, and is marked 
along the back with a ferruginous line from head 
to tail. Its sides are paler ; its belly is of a pale 
ash-colour, mottled with black ; its tail is neither 
so long nor so bushy as that of the common kind ; 
but it is of a ferruginous colour, barred with 
black. 
The Carolina squirrel is a variety of the same 
species. Its head, sides, and back are grey, white, 
and rust-colour, intermixed. Its belly is white, 
and is divided from the sides by a ferruginous line 
The Idwer parts of the legs are red. The tail is 
brown mixed with black, and edged with white. 
These are also less than the European squirrels ; 
