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tamed, and in that state will readily associate with 

 other domestic animals. 



BLACK SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus Niger. S. nigtr, auriculis imberbibus. Lm.3ytt.Nat. 



Chnel. p. 147. 



Black Squirrel, with beardless ears. 

 Black Squirrel. Catesb. Card. 2. p. "J3.pl. 73- Pennant Quadr. 



z. p. 145- 



THIS is so much allied to the preceding, that 

 it might be considered as a variety rather than a 

 distinct species, were we not assured that it never 

 associates with the grey squirrel ; from which it 

 also differs in having a somewhat shorter tail. It 

 is entirely of a shining coal-black colour, except 

 that the muzzle and the tip of the tail are some- 

 times white : specimens have also" been seen with 

 a white ring round the neck. In its manners it 

 perfectly resembles the grey squirrel, inhabiting 

 similar places, and committing equal depreda- 

 tions. 



Va r. ? 



CAT SQUIRREL. 



THIS is said to be equal in size to the grey 

 squirrel, but to have a coarse fur, mixed with 

 dingy white and black ; the throat, insides of the 

 legs, and thighs, black ; the .tail much shorter 



