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SCIURUS HUDSONIU S.— Pennant. 



Hudson's Bay Sciuikeel. — Chickaree. — Red-Sciuikeei. 



PLATE XIV. — Male and Female. — Natural size. 



S. Cauda corpore breviore, auriculis apice sub-barbatis ; corpore supra 

 subrufo, subtus albo ; S. migratorii tertia parte minore. 



CHARACTERS. 



A third smaller than the Northern Gray-Squirrel, {Sc. migratorius ;) tail 

 shorter than the body ; ears, slightly tufted ; colour, reddish above, white be- 

 neath. 



SYNONYMES. 



EcuREOiL CoMMiTN, oo Aroopen, Sagard Theodat, Canada, p. 746. 

 Common Squirrel, Forster, Phil. Trans., vol. Mi., p. 378, 1772. 

 SciuRUa ViTLGARis, var. E. Erxleben, Syst., An. 1777. 

 SciuRus HuDsoNicua, Pallas, Glir., p. 377. 

 SciOHUS HnosoNicns, Gmel., Linn., ^—^— 1788. 

 Hddson's Bay Sqdirrel, Penn. Arctic Zool., vol. i., p. 116. 



" « " " Hist. Quadrupeds, vol. ii., p. 147. 

 Common Squirrel, Heames' Journey, p. 385. 

 Red Squirrel, Warden's Hist. U. S., vol. i., p. 330. 

 Bed Barking Squirrel, Schoolcraft's Journal, p. 273. 

 SciuRUs HoDsONicus, Sabine, Franlilin's Journey, p. 663. 



" " " Godman, vol. ii., p. 138. 



" " " Fischer, Mam., p. 349. 

 Ecureoil de la Baie d'Hudson, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mammif^res. 

 SciORUS HoDsoNicDS, Bach. Trans. Zool. Soc, London, 1839. 



» " " Dekay, Nat. Hist. New York, 1842. 



DESCRIPTION. 



On examining the teeth of this species, we do not find the small and 

 usually deciduous molar, that exists in all the other species of Sciorus, 

 with which we are acquainted ; it is possible, however, that it may be 

 found in very young animals. It will be perceived, on referring to the 

 dental formula of the genus, (which we have given at p. 38,) that the 



