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The Flying-Squirret. 
PME E HIS is about the fize of the Ground 
ee 2) ats ‘3 ee? but has a fomewhat fhort- 
As 
es Ve e0c5 
‘that of a 
Male 
tail ong broad, and flat ; 
fine and foft. 
Thele Squirrels have not membranous wings like 
thofe of a Bat, whereby they can fl 
the hairs of it exceeding 
age. 
Thefe f{pecies of Squirrels hath been lately dif 
covered in Poland; an accurate defcription and 
print thereof, coer otie ated by the ingenious and 
curious Mr. Klein, Secretary to the City of Dant- 
wick, is publifhed in the Philofophical Tranfaétions, 
N. 427. Ps 32. 
VOLANS. 
Ecureuil volant. 
RT ELULCI ef a peu pres de te 
a s ef 
“ couvert d'un poil fort fa aoe oie 
que celui d'une taupe, quot que plus long, & de couleur 
de Souris claire: fa queue eft Bit dings platte, & 
garnie de poil extremement jas 
es Ecureuils no ai prs membraneufes 
comme a. da une che or dont its _puiffent fe 
ervir pour voler a une grande diftance : 
we a la Societé Royale: 
de efcription exatte avec la figu 
ve da es Mémoires Philofophiques. 
ans 
LV. 427. Page 
GUATACA NA, 
HESE Trees are from fourteen to eighteen, and fome- 
times twenty feet in height, with a trunk feldom above 
ten inches thi ck, and leaves like thofe of a Pear. in April 
the bloffoms appear, growing along the fides of the branches, 
on very fhort fo Iks: t re monopetalous, fucculent, 
and of a green colour, divided into four feg 3 in the 
smiddle of which ds the ovarium, which, grown 
to their full fize, are nearly as big as Orleans 
Os 
ry 
then lo ho atry parts, is fhrivelled, candied, and 
very lufcious, refembling, nd confiftence, Raifins of 
the Sun e fruit of thefe Trees are a great fupport to Birds, 
Squirrels, and ee us other animals. The ftone fplit pe two 
parts exh wate e Tree in embrio, with its ftem tru 
ith the t a es eine in a more confpicuous oe 
than in fay other feed I have ever met with. 
Cz Arbres croiffent vee ha Julqea dix buit, & quel 
quefois vingt ea s de bh s oe dix 
vertes 
oo oft Povaire. ee 
prefqu auffi gros qu'une be d Orleans : é 
Senfie, les quatres pétales qui compofotent la jue Sétendent levi 
5 & fecs ruit, qui eft tranfparent, & 
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