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3. Pair of Russian Squirrels, A variety of S, 

 Vulgaris. 



4. Palm Squirrel (S. Palmarum). 



Inhabits the hot parts of Africa and Asia : feeds 

 principally on cocoa nuts. 



5. & 6. Ground Squirrel (S. Striatus). 



Native of the colder parts of America and Asia ; 

 burrows under ground, and has cheek pouches, with 

 which it carries home its winter stock of provisions. 



7. Fli/iitg Squirrel o^ America (S. Volucella). 



Is less than the common European, being not above 

 five inches long, and is of a grey ash colour on the 

 back, and white on the under parts ; he has black 

 prominent eyes like a mouse, with a large broad flat 

 tail. The name seems to imply that he is endowed 

 with wings like a bat, which however is not the case; 

 for he has only a loose skin on each side, extending 

 from the fore to the hinder feet, with which it is 

 connected ; this skin he can stretch out like a sail, 

 which holds so much air, that it buoys him up, by 

 which means he can jump from one tree to another at 

 a great distance, insomuch that some have thought 

 he had the faculty of flying. He feeds on the same 

 provisions as other squirrels, and may easily be made 

 tame; but he is apt to do a great deal of mischief in 

 corn fields, by cropping the corn as soon as it begins 

 to ear. 



8. & 9. An undescribed species from Senegal. 



