VARIED* FAIR SQUIRREL* &C. 99 
they vary in colour ; but in most the grey pjredo* 
rainates. 
Varied squirrel. 
The varied squirrel has plain ears ; the Mppet 
part of its body is varied with black* white* and 
brown ; its belly is tawny. It is twice the size of 
the common squirrel. It inhabits Mexico* lives 
under-ground* lays in a stock of winter food ; it 
lives on maise* but is never to be tamed. 
Fair squirrel. 
The fair squirrel is of a very small size. It$ 
body and tail are of a flaxen colour.* It has plain 
round ears, and a rounded tail* and inhabits the 
wood near Amadabad* the capital of Guzarat* 
where they are to be seen in great abundance* 
leaping from tree to tree. Linnseus says it is an 
inhabitant of South America. 
Brasilian squirrel* 
A small creature* eight inches long* is covered 
with soft dusky hairs* tipt with yellow. Its tail* 
which is ten inches long* is annulated with black 
and yellow. Its throat is cinereous. The inside 
of its legs and its belly are yellow. Its belly is 
divided lengthways with a white line, which begins 
on the breast* is interrupted for a small space in 
the middle* and then continued tp the tail. It in** 
habits Brasil and Guiana, 
Mexican squirrel, 
The Mexican squirrel is of a mouse colour. 
The male is marked on the back with seven whit@ 
