WILD NEIGHBORS 



CHAI'. I 



it was a specimen of this abnormal variety that 

 first reached the hands of Linnaeus, and conse- 

 quently the specific name of the common fox- 

 squirrel, normally vulpine red in color, as its name 

 indicates, is niger a fact that has led to much 

 confusion in the minds of foreign writers upon 

 American mammals. 



A RED SQUIRREL. 



