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Show it a flat appearance, and a long oval form: t1ac tips of the hail·formiogthe outer edges of the tail arc white, the other extremity of a fox red: the under Jlart oft1w tail resembles an iron gl'ay; the upper is of a t•edtliRh bt·own: tht• lowct· part oft.be jaws, the under part of the w~c·l • legs and feet, fa·om the l.JOdy and belly downwat·ds, m·c of" a light l>l'ick red: the nose and eyes at·e of a darker shade. oft he ~1111c colour·: the uppcr part of the head. neck and hotly, are of' a curious brown gl'ay, with a. slight t.ingl' of bri<·k t•NI: thr.longer flait·s of thcs£' pm·ts at·c of a reddish whitP col&Ut', at their· cxtrcmil ies. and falling tog£'thcr, give thi animal a spe<'klrd ap .. pcarance. 'rhcsc animals fot•m in lctl'ge companies. lil\e those on the 1\fissouri, oerupying with thl'ir burrows sometimes two hunda•cfl acres of land: the bm·t·ow. al'c ~cparatc, ancl each posst~sscs, perhaps, ten or· twelve of these inhahi~ tants. 1 1het·c is a little mound in ft•ont nfthr. lwlc~ l'ot'mcd of the earth tht·own out. or the hurt'OW, all(l fr·cqnrntly there are three or four distinct holes. forming one hllt'I'Ow. with these entrance arouml the lm c or these little mounds. 'l'h~ c mounds. som<'timcs about two feet in lwi~ht and lom· in diameter. al't' oceuptcd as wat,·b -fow<'J'S hy the inhabitants of tlacse little communitit~s. Th,e squitTcls, one ot' lUOre, ar<' h·regul:l.l'ly distribntctl on the tract they thus ocCU}> y. at the distanc<' of ten, twenty, Ol' sometimes from thir,. y to fol'ty yards. \Vhcn any one approaches, they make a s}n·ill whistling sound, somewhat resembling tweet. tweet, tweet, the sit;nal for th<•it• }>arty to takt the alarm, and to retire into their intrenchments. "fhoy fcctl on the roots of grass~ &c. 'I'hc sn all brown squirrcl js a beautiful little animal, about the siz(' ami form or the red squirrel of the eastern Atlantic state and western Jake .. 'rhc tail is as long as the botly and nccl~, aad formed like that of the red squir·t·cl: the eyes are black.tbe w his I r1·s long and black l>ut not ahumlant: the back, sidr · head, neek, and ou1 el' pat·t of the legs are of a rod dish brown: the throat, bt·cast, belly, and inner part of tho lege; Up the ~IissouFi. :l75 ~u·e of a pale l'Cil: the tail is a. mixture of blaek aut! foX-00- lourcd t·cd, in which the bla.ck \H't·dom inates in the middle, and the othcl' on th<' ('tlgt~s and ~xtrt•mity: Uw uair of the hody is about half an in~h long, and !:!O fine and ,son it has the appearance or ful': the hail· of the tail is (•oarser and flouhlr in length. This animal sub~i~ts <•hit• fly on the seeds of various spedt•s of pine and is always l'ound iu the pine country. 'J.'hc gr·~und !H[Uii'I'CJ is found in CVCL'Y part of this COUUtry, as wdl iu the prairies as in the woodlands, and is one of the l'ew animals which we have seen in every part of our jout'n<'y, and diftcrs in no t'CSilcct from those of the Unitctl States. 'fhcre is still another species, d(·nominated !Jy calltain. I~c" is, the lmt·king ~<tuir·•·<'l, found in the 1•lains of the l\1.issom·i. 'l'his auimaJ commonly weighs tln·cc pounds: the colour is a uniform JJI'ight bt•ick red ami gray, and the formct· pr~lominaf es: the uuder side of the neck aud b<'lJy arc lighter· than the ot.hel• paa·ts of the body: the legs arc sltol't, ancJ the I)J·cast and shou1dct·s "jdc: the l.H.·a.d is stout ami musC'ulat·, and tcl'minatt'S more bluntly, wider, anti flattet' than that of the common squilTcl: the ears arc !:~hoa·t. all(! Jmve the appeat·ancc of amputatiou: the jaw is furnished with. a pout:h to confaiu hi!:! footl, but uot so Jaq.;c as that or tho common squil'l'el: the nose is armed with whbkcr·s 011 each side, aud a !C:-w long hai•·s as·c insCl'ted on cEu:h jaw, and directly over tht> eyes: the eye is small and lJiack: each fool has fiye toes, aJl() th~ two ouleL' o11es ar·c much shortct· thau those iu the cent •·c. 'rtae two imw•· toes of Ow fore-feet a&·e long, sharp, and well atlaptctl to digging and scratching. From the exta·emity of tlu.• nose to the end of the tail thi.;; animal measures oue foot atul five inch<·s, of which the tail occupit>s four itu·hcs. Notwithstandint-; tlw clumsiness of hi~ form, ho is remm·l\auly active, and he lmtTows iu the gt·ound with gt•eat. rapidity.'Phcse animals burrow aJHirt~side iu thcil· little subtt~rraneou~ villa.g<'s lll'c the bm·t·owing stjllil'l'cl. To t.hcso allartmcnts, although six or eight wmaH) associ:-tt~ |