Our Squirrels. 



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some localities ; while in most others it is regarded as a nuisance, and is 

 destroyed at every opportunity. 



The Flying-Squirrel {Pteromys volucella), Pallas. — This pretty and 

 interesting little animal is not of sufficient importance to the rural econo- 

 mist to deserve more than a passing notice here. It feeds principally upon 



various seeds and nuts ; but usually, instead of planting them in the ground 

 like the two preceding species, makes deposits or stores in hollow logs and 

 trees. It is nocturnal in its habits, and is rarely found away from its home 

 in the v/oods. Edward A. Samuels. 



