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turned vip along its back with the point turned outwards, will open 

 out upon its pursaers with a continuous volley of barking defiance. 

 " Ascends the ueigliboiing beech, then whisks his brush and perks 

 His ears, and stamps and scohls aloud, with all the prettiuess 

 Of feign'd alarm, and auger insignificantly fierce." 

 Its note of call or endearment is a kind of prolonged "chirr.'' 

 "When this sound is made it is immediately answered by its mate, if 

 within hearing distance. Squirrels choose their mates early in life, and 

 so far as known remain faithful to their first love. The mother gives 

 birth to three or four young ones about the beginning of June, and 

 watches over them with great solicicude. The first nest of young 

 squirrels which came under my notice was in a hollow stump at the 

 edge of a pine woodland. The mother would not leave the nest at my 

 approach, nor could I make her do so without resorting to forcible 

 means which I never did. If often disturbed, the mother will remove 

 her young carrying them in her mouth, after the manner of a cat, to 

 another place of safety or concealment. A family of four squirrels 

 took up their residence at our place in the early part of the summer of 

 1886, and remained with us nearly a year. The young ones were at 

 the time rather more than half grown and were very playful, often 

 playing a game which resembled a popular one with young children 

 called " tag." From the time the apples in our garden were fit to eat 

 until late in the fall thty seemed to live on them almost exclusively. 

 They not only pulled what they wanted for present use, but they stored 

 away a great many in a pile of wood which we had near the house. 

 They also carried off hundreds of crab apples depositing them on trees 

 wherever they could find a forked branch which would hold one securely. 

 They were very particular in selecting such places, and would not leave 

 an apple until they were fully satisfied that it would i-emain where 

 they put it. They also gathered up a great many plum stones deposit- 

 ing them in hollows made in the ground, and covering them over with 

 an inch or so of leaves or earth ; they had dozens of these little hoards 

 scattered about with no greatquantity in any of them. As the cold weather 

 approached they began house building ; selecting a place between the 

 wall plate and the roof of an outbuilding. The nest consisted princi- 

 pally of cedar bark torn into fine shreds ; it was completely covered 



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