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remaining in its snug and well-supplied home; but in clear weather 

 snow and ice have no terrors for it and it may be seen running about 





Summer. Winter. 



Southern Red Squirrel (Sciurus hudsonicus loquax). 



on a fine winter day seemingly as lively and contented as in summer. 

 This species occasionally builds an outside nest in the forks of large 



