
The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland
formula.— I. f ; P. | ; M. *.
age of the Squirrel has been described by MacGillivray, Edward
Dldfield Thomas,8 and Mr. J. L. Bonhote.8 Notable amongst these
*able paper by Mr.. Oldfield Thomas,' who obtained Squirrels from
tervals of six or seven weeks, throughout a whole year. In all fiftynarise
his notes. It appears that the upper surface of the coat is red
and brownish grey is winter (the under parts always being white),
is modified in the course of the year' by .moults in spring and
:h take place respectively iit May and October. In full winter dress
both body and tail, » ' greyish brown, tjje pelage being long and
with long tufts of hair. In May all the
ced by a shorter and coarser fur of a
not renewed. In the spring there is no
on through the summer, and are only
ng the summer, the tail-hairs gradually
and September that the very dark hairs
the ragged white ones of the old pelage,
begins to lose colour, ‘ fading gradually
through various shades of brown, pale
• and finally, by June, July, and August
ge of the Squirrel Mr. Oldfield Thomas
brown. Body-coat long, soft, greyish rufous-
-brown, like back, but bleaching, especially
bur of ear-tufts, back, and tails more bleached,
iy and limbs changed for summer suit of rich
as they remain; palms and soles naked,
md tail-hairs, both blackish brown, appearing.
,t the adults in full winter pelage have brown or yellowish
THE COMMON SQUIRREL.
Sciurus vulgaris.