140 HUDSON'S BAV SQUIRREL. 



than in other squirrels, and of a dull yellow 

 mixed with black. It is a native of Virginia, 

 and was described by Mr. Pennant from a speci- 

 men in the collection of Mr. Knaphan. The 

 figure given by Mr. Schreber, in his work on qua- 

 drupeds has every appearance of a mere variety 

 of the grey squirrel ; the tail being of similar 

 length, and differing only in having a ferrugi- 

 nous cast. Perhaps the tail in the specimen de- 

 scribed by Mr. Pennant might have been acci- 

 dentally mutilated. 



HUDSON S BAY SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus Hudsonius. S. auricuKs imherbitnis, dorso glanco, "centre 



cinereo, caiida brttsiore ex rufescente glanca nigro marginata. 



lAn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p 147. 

 Iron-grey Squirrel dashed with ferruginous, whitish beneath, 



with dusky side-stripe, and lanceolated tail edged with 



blackish. 

 Hudson's Bay Squirrel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p, 147. 



THE Hudson's Bay Squirrel is a native of the 

 colder parts of North America, and more parti- 

 cularly of the region from whence it takes its 

 name. It resides in the pine-forests of that coun- 

 try, and feeds chiefly on the cones. It is smaller 

 than the common European squirrel, and the tail 

 is neither so long in proportion, nor so full of 

 hair. The colour of the upper parts is palish 

 iron-grey, with a cast of ferruginous down the 

 back, and of the under parts whitish or pale ash- 



