. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. THE SQUIRREL FAMmV 391. Gray Squirrel usual color is a rusty brown washed with black on the upper parts, and bright brown on the under side. The head and body measure about twelve inches in length and the bushy tail, eleven inches. The Gray Squirrel of the eastern part of the country ranges westward into Minne- sota. Its usual color is iron gray above and white beneath, and we may see all intermedi- ate stages between this and . black. It is much smaller than the Fox Squirrel. It is a beau- tiful and very graceful Kttle animal and easi
. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. THE SQUIRREL FAMmV 391. Gray Squirrel usual color is a rusty brown washed with black on the upper parts, and bright brown on the under side. The head and body measure about twelve inches in length and the bushy tail, eleven inches. The Gray Squirrel of the eastern part of the country ranges westward into Minne- sota. Its usual color is iron gray above and white beneath, and we may see all intermedi- ate stages between this and . black. It is much smaller than the Fox Squirrel. It is a beau- tiful and very graceful Kttle animal and easily becomes quite tame, making an attractive pet and park animal. The Red Squirrel, or Chickaree, is our smallest tree squirrel, and is found in all the wooded parts of Minnesota and thence eastward. It also occurs in many of the wooded areas in the eastern part of the Da- kotas. Its colors vary with the seasons, but normally they are brown or red above and white beneath. Its merry chir-r-r-r-r is a note of pleasant surprise Red Squireel that we like to hear as we approach its vicinity, but we cannot help thinking of its rep- utation as a little marauder, for it is said to drive all the gray squirrels out of its neighborhood, and to commit depredations upon the nests of birds, eating the eggs as well as the 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 Schmidt, Charles Christian, 1859-. Boston, New York [etc. ] D. C. Heath & Co
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