252 November 1748* 



again, when they approached the tree to which 

 they would fly : they cannot fly further than fouf 

 or five fathoms. Among all the fquirrels in this 

 country, thefe are the moft eafily tamed. The 

 boys carry them to fchcol, or wherever they go, 

 without their ever attempting to efcape : if even 

 they put their fquirrel afide, it leaps upon them 

 again immediately, creeps either into their bo- 

 ibm, or their fleeve, or any fold of the clothes, 

 and lies down to fleep: its food is the fame with 

 that of the grey fquirrel. 



THERE is a fmall fpeciesof fquirrels abound- 

 ing in the woods, which the Englijh call ground 

 Squirrels. Cafe/by has defcribed and drawn them 

 from life, in the ad Vol. of his Natural Hiftory 

 of Carolina,, p. 75, tab. 75, and 'Edwards in his 

 Natural Hiftory of Birds, t. 181.* He and Dr. 

 Ijihmeifi call it Sciurus ftriatus, or the ftreaked 

 Squirrel. Thefe do not properly live in trees, as 

 others of this genus, but dig holes in the ground 

 (much in the fame manner as rabbets) in which 

 they live, and whither they take refuge when 

 they perceive any danger. Their holes go deep; 

 and commonly further inwards divide into many 

 branches. They are alfo cunning enough to 

 make fometimes an opening or hole to the furface 



* As Catejby and Edwards have both reprefcnted the flying Squir- 

 rel in a fitting attitude, I have given here, plate I. a figure of ong 

 with the expanded membrane, and joined to it on the fame plate, 

 a more accurate figure of the ground Squirrel. 



IT is not yet made out with certainty, whether the American 

 flying fquirrel, and that found in Finland, and in the north of Eu- 

 rope and Afia* be the fame animal. The American kind has a fiat 

 pennated tail, but the European kind a round one, which affords * 

 diftinguilhing character. F. 



of 



