162 THE ANGLER AND HUNTSMAN 



The Red Squirrel (Sciurus hudsonicus): 



This little gent is best known to those who have visited 

 the great w T oodland country of Canada and northeastern 

 United States, and who have listened to their rollicking, 

 (often impudent), chatter. This fellow is also known as 

 the pine squirrel and chickaree, its chief characteristic be- 

 ing its lack of shyness, which is present in all other species 

 of the squirrel family. 



It builds nests of twigs, leaves, etc., lined inside with 

 fibrous bark and other velvety material. 



Red squirrels do not hibernate, but are busy the entire 

 year, excepting in the* coldest weather. They provide for 

 the cold dreary days, however, by laying in ample stores of 

 nuts and cones, having been known to put away as many as 

 ten bushels in one heap. Beechnuts also form one of their 

 articles of diet. 



The worst trait the red squirrel possesses is his thor- 

 oughly proven habit of devouring the eggs and young of 

 small birds. During the breeding season he spends much 

 time in nest hunting and no one can calculate the harm he 

 does. 



The Douglas Squirrel (Sciurus douglasi): 



This squirrel is said to come from the same stock as the 

 common red squirrel, which we have already described. Like 

 the red squirrel, it likes best to reside amid the grat coni- 

 ferous forests, and it is found from the Cascades and Sierra 

 Nevada to the Pacific, and from British Columbia south to 

 the San Pedro Martir Mountains of Lower California. 



In nearly all ways they are like the red squirrel. 



The Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) : 



This fellow is so well known to nearly all sportsmen as 

 to hardly need an introduction or description, nevertheless, 

 we don't want to slight him, as he is well worthy our atten- 



