BRITISH MAMMALS 



familiar Red Squirrel, and this interference with the 

 natural fauna of a country cannot be too strongly con- 

 demned. What has been already written of the Rabbit 

 in Australia is sufficient evidence of the dire results of 



^<> 



^jjiT^- "" 



Oquirrel 



this unwarranted tampering with Nature, and it is to be 



hoped that no further experiments will be made in this 



direction. 



Being so elegantly attired in rich reddish-brown, with 



light under parts, a fine bushy tail, tufted ears, and eyes 



that shine like black diamonds, having also such engaging 



habits in the tree-tops, small wonder the Squirrel is 

 54 



