. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. OliofNU SQUIRlllJL, UH UACKK]: —'Y'uwkw Listen. are wonderfully lu-ittle, but whether they undergo such .spontaneous amputation is not so certain. Pretty as it is, and graceful as are its movements, it hardly repays the trouble of keei)iiig it in a domesticated state; for its temper is very uncertain, and it is generally sullen towards its keeper. Although the food of the Hackee is mostly of a vegetable clmracter^ it is occasionally dlversilii'd with other substances ; for the Chipping Squ
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. OliofNU SQUIRlllJL, UH UACKK]: —'Y'uwkw Listen. are wonderfully lu-ittle, but whether they undergo such .spontaneous amputation is not so certain. Pretty as it is, and graceful as are its movements, it hardly repays the trouble of keei)iiig it in a domesticated state; for its temper is very uncertain, and it is generally sullen towards its keeper. Although the food of the Hackee is mostly of a vegetable clmracter^ it is occasionally dlversilii'd with other substances ; for the Chipping Squirrel, like his English relative, is occasionally carnivorous in his appetite. One of these animals was detected in the very act of robbing a bird's nest and devouring the callow young. Between the squirrels and the marmots there are one or two intermediate links, one of which has already been noticed in Tamias, and another is found in the genus .Spcrinophilus, to wdiicli the Pkatrie Dou belongs. The Prairie Dog, as it is popularly called, is found in very great i)leiity along the course of the IMissouri and its tributaries, and also near the liiver Platte. It congregates together in vast numbers in certain spots where the soil is favourable to its subterranean habits of lite ami the vegetation is suliiciently luxuriant to afford it nourishment. The colour of this animal is a reddish-l)rown upon the back, mixed with grey and black in a rather vague manner. The abdomen and throat are greyish-white, and'the short tail is clothed tor the llrst lialf of its length willi hair of the same tint as that of tlie liodv, and for the remaining half is covered with deep blackish-brown hair, forming a kind of brush. The. vf 1 if"* 1 n^i\ ' •it ..it ?**t:iii. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood,
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