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[57.] 1. S c i u r u s ( T a m ia s ) L y s t e r i . (Ray.) The Hackee.
Genus, Sciurus. Linn. Sub-genus, Tamias. Illiger.
Escurieux Suisses. Sagard-Theódat, Canada, p. 746.
Ground squirrel. L awson, Carolina, p. 124. Catesby, Carol., vol. ii. p/75*
Edwards, vol. iv. t . 181. Kalm, vol. i. p. 322. t. i.
Sciurus Lysteri. Ray, Synopé. Q u a d rp. 216.
Le Suisse. Charlevoix, N ouv. Fr., vol. v. p. 198. .
Striped Dormouse. Pennant, Arct. Zool., vol. i. p. 126.
Sciurus sti’iatus. Harlan, Fauna, p. 183.
Hackee. Ünited States.-
Ohihoiiu Hurons.-
Sc. Tamias (Lysteri), dorso brunnescenti-griseo poslicè helvolo lined centrali nigra, percurso, line&que in utroque laterè
alba breviori latiori super subterque nigro marginatd, ventre albo, caudd breviusculd.
The Hackee, with cheek-pouches ; a brownish-gray back, bright orange-brown buttocks, a slender black dorsal stripe,
and a broader white one oh each ilank, with a broad black border above and below i t ; a white belly ; a
. shortish tail.
P la t e xv.
This elegant little animal is considered, by Pallas and subsequent writers, to be
the same with the Asiatic sciurus striatus ; but the descriptions given of the latter
do not exactly correspond with American specimens, and T am not aware that
the identity of the species on the two continents has been established by actual
comparison^ The observations of Pallas on the manners and form of the Asiatic
animal apply so exactly to the American one, that a passage, or two may be
quoted from his work with advantage ; „■
“ They dig their burrows in woody places, in small hummocks of earth, or near
the roots of trees ; but never, like' the common squirrels, make their nests in the
trunks or branches of trees, although, when scared from their holes,' they climb
with facility, and make their way from branch to branch with great speed. A
winding canal leads to their nést, and they generally form two or three lateral
chambers, tó stóre their winter food in. Thè striped squirrel, in its manners, and
from its having; cheek-pouches, is allied to the hamster and citillus (type of the
genus spermophilus), and is likewise connected with the latter by its convex nose,
proper for an animal accustomed to dig. In its- whole habit it differs from the
Squirrels which live in trees, and forms, with other striped squirrels, a division of
the genus, It has a longer head than the common squirrel; rounded ears, not
tufted; roundish, hairy tail, which it less frequently turns up; a slender body,
nnd shorter extremities. The fur, likewise, is very short, and less fine. Yet, in