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VIRGINIAN FLYING SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus Volucella. S. fuscus, subttts albldo-JhrcesceHS, hypochoar 

 driis dilaiatis, cauda lanceolata. 



Brown Squirrel, yellowish-white beneath, with the side-skin 

 dilated with a flying membrane. 



Sdurus hypochondriis extensis toHtans, cattda dongata tiflosa, 

 Da. St/st. Nat. Gmel. p. 153. 



Mus volans. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 75. 



Sciurus Americanus volans. Raj. Quack-. 215. 



Le Polatouche. Buff. 10. pi. 21. 



Flying Squirrel. Catesb. Car. 2. pi. 76. Edx.pl. 191. Pen- 

 nant Quadr. ^.p. 153. 

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THIS species is much smaller than the preced- 

 ing, from which it also differs in. colour, being 

 of ail elegant brown or subferruginous mouse- 

 colour above, and yellowish white beneath : the 

 edges of the flying-membrane are of a darker or 

 blacker tinge than the rest of the fur, contrast- 

 ing with the white border of the under part : a 

 few dusky undulations also take place .about the 

 back and shoulders : the tail is of a -similar colour 

 to the body, and of a flattened bhape, or with the 

 hair spreading towards each side, and the extre- 

 mity somewhat sharpened : the eyes are large, 

 and the ears rather short, almost naked, and 

 slightly rounded. Its general length is five inches 

 to the tail, which measures about tour inches. It 

 is a native of the temperate parts of North Ame- 

 rica, and has been found also in some of the 

 southern parts of the American continent. It is 

 an animal of great beauty, and is frequently kept 



