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it was a specimen of this abnormal variety tliat 

 first reached the liands of Linnaeus, and conse- 

 quently the specific name of the common fox- 

 squirrel, normally vulpine red in color, as its name 

 indicates, is n/j^fr — a fact that has led to much 

 confusion in the minds of foreign writers upon 

 American mammals. 



•V, 

 A Red Squirrel. 



