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SOCIU RUS Virginianus cinereus major. 
Rau, Syn. Quad. p, 215. 
ZLbe Grey Fox-Squirrel, 
Beets ee 
29% HESE Squirrels are as large 
ese as an half-crown Rabbit; the 
» whole ftructure of their bo- 
more lumty make than our common Squir- 
rels ; their heads and ears are alfo fhorter. 
The colour of their bodies is grey, as is 
their tails, which, when they turn back, 
extend the whole length of, and cover 
their bodies. They have the like a@tive 
geftures as the common Squirrels. ‘Their 
fize is no protection againft the aflaults 
and rapine of ravenous Hawks, They 
are injurious to the planters of Virginia 
and Carolina, by deftroying their corn and 
pulte. 
VISCUM Caryophylhides, 
HIS Plant rifes, from a bulbous root, with 
ree or four leaves, like thofe of the Var- 
ef having one ftrait fingle ftem, to the height 
welve or more inches: on each fide of which, 
are eight, ten, or more flowers, fet alternately on 
pretty long footftalks: five yellow petals, {potted 
with dark brown, fet on a green, ae? ribbed 
capfula, with ftamina, compofe t ower 3 in the 
feed-veffel are contained a many very {mall 
Thefe Plants 
grow o , and to the trunks of Trees, in many 
oe the Bahama Iflands, 
ig oe Ecureuil gris, 
eal ES | Evcureuils font auf grands 
SS 
5 gwun Jeune lapin, qui a atteint 
\ fa moitié de fa crue: ta ftruc- 
Ss Ss 
a 
pefante gue celle de nos 
sath Bed fe tétes &S leurs oretlles 
font auffi plus courtes: leurs corps & leurs 
gueties font gris; && lors gwils renverfent 
ces dermieres, elles sttendent fur toute leur 
longueur, &S couvrent entierement leurs corps. 
Leur sian eft auffi vive que celle des Ecu- 
reuils ordinaires: leur taille ne les met pas 
a couvert des affauts, &S de la voracité des 
oifeaux de proye. Ils incommodent beaucoup les 
planteurs de la Virginie ec? de /a Caroline, ex 
gatant leurs grains & leurs léguines. 
floribus ee lateis aes 
paar ou plus : cette tige eff garnie de chaque cote de 
hui ix fleurs, & méme da avantage, placées 
eae | Jur des pedicules sd longs : ces ‘fleur Gj 
font compofees d’étamines, & de ci q petales jaunes, 
tachetés de bruno ne & attachés a ope capfule verte, 
cilindrigue & cann Le fruit contient un grand 
nombre de tres yee ioe: Jeparées par des mem- 
branes minces. Ces Plantes croiffent fur les rochers & 
les troncs des arbres, dans plufieurs des iles deBahama. 
