HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 387 



THE GREY SQUIRREL. 

 (Sciu-rus Ci/icn:its, Linn. Le Petit Gris, BufF.) 



Is about the size of a' young Rabbit : its ears are 

 .short, and not tufted at the ends; its hair is grey, 

 mixed with black; on each side there is a red 

 streak, which runs lengthwise; its tail is long and 

 bushy, of a grey colour, variegated with black and 

 white. It is common to both continents. In Swe- 

 den and other northern countries, it changes its 

 colour in the winter. 



It is very numerous in North America, and does 

 incredible damage to the plantations, Great flocks 

 of them descend from the mountains, and lay waste 

 the fields of maize, by eating the young ears. A 

 reward of three-pence per head was given for every 

 one that was killed; and such numbers were de- 

 stroyed in one year, that Pennsylvania alone paid 

 in rewards the sum of 8ooo/. of its currency. 



