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Sciurus leucotis Beesley, Geol. Cape May Co., 1857, p. 137. 



(b) Sciurus carolinensis leucotis Rhoads, Mam. Pa. and N. J., 

 1903, p. 52. 



Sciurus carolinensis pennsylvanicus Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1897, p. 30. 



Sciurus niger Abbott, Cook's Geol. of N. J., 1868, p. 756. 



Sciurus migratorius Abbott, Cook's Geol. of N. J., 1868, p. 756. 



Sciurus hudsonicus loquax Bangs. 



Chickaree, Southern Red Squirrel. 



Plate 2,7- 



Length 12 inches. Color in winter bright chestnut on the back 

 and upper side of tail ; sides olive gray, hair banded with black ; 

 below white. In summer, no distinct rufous area above, and 

 lower parts pure white with a black stripe on each side where the 

 two colors join. 



This is the commonest of our aboreal squirrels, frequenting all 

 kinds of country. In the depth of the pine woods of the "Bar- 

 rens" he may be heard chattering away, and careful search will 

 discover his nest snugly placed in a dense pine top, built of leaves, 

 lichens and shreds of bark. Below is an enormous pile of chewed 

 pine cones from which he has carefully extracted the seeds. 



In deciduous woods he selects a hollow in some large tree, and 

 in lieu of pine cones we find a bushel or more of the winged tops 

 of the seeds of the tulip poplar, or walnuts and hickory nuts 

 neatly cut on each side where the kernels have been extracted. 



About the orchard the red squirrel is a good deal of a nuisance, 

 chewing up quantities of small pears in order to get at the seeds 

 and stealing grain or anything in fact that he may find accessible. 



When we see the red squirrel racing along the fence rails and 

 up the tree trunks and then from limb to limb we can readily see 

 the line of evolution followed in the development of the flying 

 squirrel. With legs outstretched, leaping considerable distances 

 through the air, it needs but little imagination to see the expanded 

 skin on the sides of the body which aids the latter in his parachute 

 flight. 



