258 MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Squirrel. 



Inhabits Virginia. — Grows to the fize of a fmall Rabbit ; the fur is coarfe ; the throat and infides- 

 of the legs and thighs are black ; the tail is much fhorter than that of the Common Squirrel ; is of : 

 a dull yellow colour, mixed with black, and reddifh at the tip, as are the ears, 



544 S' Grey Squirrel. — 4. Sciurus cinereus, 3. 



Of a grey colour, with a white belly; and having plain ears. Erxleb. mam. 418. n. 3. Schre- 

 ber, iv. 776. t. ccxiii. 



Sciurus virginianus, or Larger grey Virginian Squirrel. Syft. nat. ed. xii. i. 86. Raj. quad. 2 re. 

 Klein, quad. 53. BrhT. quad. 153. n. 6. Brown, Jamaica, 483. — Grey Squirrel. Catefby, Carol, ii. 

 74. t. 74. Penn. hilt, of quad. n. 272. pi. xhii. f. 3. Arc"t. zool. n. 49. — Petit gris, or Grey Squirrel. 

 Sm. Buff. v. 321. pi. cxliii. 



Inhabits North America, Peru, and Chili. — Is of the fize of a fmall Rabbit,, of a dull grey colour, 

 mixed with black, and often tinged with dirty yellow, having a long, bufby, grey tail, ftripped with 

 black. This, fpecies is very like the Common Squirrel, but larger, being a foot in length, and thicker 

 made ; it builds its neft in the hollows of trees, and does great damage to the fields of Indian corn,, 

 infomuch that the government gives a premium for their deftruction ; this, in one year, at Penfylva- 

 nia, at three pence each, amounted to eight thoufand pounds currency ; confequently 640,000 muft 

 have been deftroyed that year. They form magazines under ground of provifions for winter, and, in 

 ■ fevere fnow ftorms, they are fometimes famifhed in vaft numbers, by having their accefs to thefe cut; 

 off. The fur of this kind, under the name of Petit gris, is reckoned valuable for linings to cloaks*. 

 They are preyed on by the Rattle-fnake. 



545 6. Labradore Squirrel. — 5. Sciurus hudfonius. 12. 



Of a ferruginous colour along- the back, the fides paler, and the belly afh colour mot- 

 tled with black; the tail is like the back, but barred with black, and tipt with the. 

 fame; the ears are plain. Penn. Lev. Muf. 



Sciurus hudfonius, or Hudfon's Bay Squirrel, with plain ears, reddifh grey on the back, the bel- 

 ly afh colour, having a fhortifh.tailof a reddifh grey colour, edged with black. Syft. nat.ed. Gme- 

 lin. 143. n. 12. Forfter, Phil. Tranf. lxii. 378. Pall. Glir. 377. Schreber, iv. 777.1. ccxiv. — Hud- 

 fon's Bay Squirrel. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 274. pi. xliii. f. 1. Ar£t. zool. si. 48: 



Inhabits the pine forefts in Labradore, and round Pludfon's Bay — Is fmaller than the Common 

 Squirrel, and apt to vary in colour, efpecially to greyifh, which accounts for the difference between 

 the defcription given by Mr Pennant from- a fpecimen in the Leverian Mufeum, and that quoted by 

 Dr Gmelin from the Philofophical Tranfactions, though the latter author fays that it retains the fame . 

 colour throughout the year. 



546 7. Carolina Squirrel. — 6. Sciurus carolinenfis. 13. 



Of a grey colour, mixed on the head, back, and fides, with white and rufl: colour ; the 

 beily is white, divided from the fides by a rufty line; the tail is brown, mixed with 

 black and edged with white ; the ears are plain. 



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