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Our Squirrels. 



ble distance from the parent grove, and attribute their presence to the 

 action of high winds that had blown the nuts to that distance. 



In many sections, this squirrel is destructive in the fields of Indian com, 

 especially when such fields are situated near its haunts ; but, generally 

 speaking, we have no hesitation in saying that it is far more valuable on 

 the farm than noxious. 





The Little Red SQmRR^h{Sa'urtis Hudsonius), Pallas. — This is anotlier 

 of our little quadrupeds that is distributed almost entirely throughout our 

 continent. Like the gray squirrel, it makes its home in the woods ; and is, 

 in some localities, very abundant. In the pine and hemlock forests of the 

 Northern States, it is the most common of all the mammals ; every little 

 grove of these trees having one or more families. It feeds largely on 

 various nuts and seeds ; and in localities where the various pines abound, 

 together with the oaks and chestnuts, it is especially valuable in securing 

 a contuiuance of the latter, and even an introduction of them into the forests 



