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while another branch pushed westward along 

 the northern border of the European forests 

 across Siberia and northern Rus^a to Finland 

 and Poland, but apparently without penetrating 

 southward anywhere as they have in this country. 

 In Asia there are said to be a dozen or more 

 distinct species, but these two, the European and 

 American, appear to be the only ones that have 

 strayed beyond its borders. I have sometimes 

 been tempted to believe that the Canadian 

 variety is occasionally found much farther south 

 than is commonly supposed to be the case, even 

 to southern New Hampshire, as I have obtained 

 one or two specimens that corresponded very 

 closely to that type both in size and colour. 

 Half a dozen years ago or more, moreover, a 

 local gunner told me that he had found a family 

 of flying-squirrels in a hollow willow-tree in this 

 town, and that he had been particularly struck 

 by their large size and dark colour and the fact 

 that each of them had a very noticeable broad 



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