Red Squirrel 



they generally appear to get along pretty well on the whole. 

 They also make nests of leaves in the forks of trees, beeches in 

 most instances; they cut off the leaves in branches, while they 

 are still green in summer, and place them in successive layers on 

 a rough platform of twigs in such a manner as to shed the 

 rain perfectly, but without leaving room for more than one or 

 two inmates within. 



Gray squirrels warn each other of danger with a kind of flat, 

 rasping bark, finally prolonged into a whining snarl, distinctly audible 

 or an eighth of a mile or more in calm weather. 



Varieties of the Gray Squirrel 



1. Southern Gray Squirrel. Sciurus carolinensis Gmelm. De- 



scription and range as above. 



2. Northern Gray Squirrel. S. carolinensis leucotis (Gapper). 



Lighter and grayer, clear, silvery gray in winter, more yel- 

 lowish in summer. Perfectly black individuals, known as 

 black squirrels, occur in some localities, but are merely 

 melanistic individuals and not a different species. 

 Range. Alleghanies of Pennsylvania, northward to New Eng- 

 land, New Brunswick, southern Canada and Minnesota. 



3. Bayou Gray Squirrel. S. carolinensis fuliginosus (Bachman). 



Colours richer and darker than the southern gray squirrel, 

 underparts often tinted with ferruginous. 

 Range. Bayou region of the Louisiana coast. 



4. Everglade Gray Squirrel. S. carolinensis extimus Bangs. 



Grayer and lighter than the southern gray squirrel and much 

 smaller. 

 Range. Southern Florida. 



Many very handsome squirrels of this and other groups are 

 found in the Western States. 



Red Squirrel 



Sciurus hudsonicus gymnicus Bangs 

 Called also Chickaree. 



Length. 12 inches. 



Description. In winter back and upper side of tail bright chest- 

 nut, sides olive gray, the hairs banded with black; under- 



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