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United States ; they appear to retire before the 

 intrusion of a smaller species, (the S. hudsonius.) 

 In 1749, a premium of three pence a head was 

 offered for their destruction, which amounted in 

 one year to 8000/. stifling, which is equal to about 

 1,280,000 individuals killed. c>u«<-/v'VtA^^C^ 



Species. 



2. Scmriis cajnstratus, Bosc. Ann. Mus. t. 1. p. 

 281. Sciurus viilpinus., Gmel. ? Schreb. 213. B. 

 Brown, Nouv. Illust. de Zool. pi. 47. Charlevoix, 

 t. 1. p. 237. Ecureuil a Masque, Cuv. Regn. 

 Anim. t. 1. p. 205. (Encycl. pi. suppl. ii. fig. 2.) 

 Fox Squirrel. 



Char. Essent. Colour iron-gray or black above ; 

 head black, with the end of the snout always white, 

 as are also the ears. 



Dimensions. Total length about two feet from 

 the end of the snout to the extremity of the tail, 

 and three inches in diameter. 



Description. Head oval, rather elongated, black 

 at its summit ; cheeks black, mixed with brown ; 

 top of the nose and lips white; ears round, white, 

 hair on the exterior longer than on the interior ; 

 body covered with two sorts of hair, the one black, 

 with the superior half white, the other white with 

 the superior half black ; chin, breast and belly 

 white ; feet grayish-brown ; tail as long as the 

 body, covered with long hairs, black at their base, 

 white at their extremitv, and the intermediate 



