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-the bark of the apple trees, feeding only by 

 night, as the common hare. 



12. Quebec Marmot; Penn. Syn. Qtfadr. p. 270. 



11. 199. 



Churchill River, N° 5. 



This creature is called a ground fquirrel, at 

 Churchill fort ; it differs much in fize from 

 that defcrrbed in the Syn. Quadr. being much 

 lefs than a rabbit, perhaps it is a young one. I 

 took down the following defcription, as 1 did 

 not find it exactly correiponding with that of 

 the Canada marmot. The nofe is blunt, the ears 

 are fhort and roundilh, the top of the head 

 cheihut, back all over fprinkled with whitifa, 

 black, and yellowifh brown : the legs and 

 whole underfide of the animal are of a bright 

 ferruginous colour ; the tail is very fhort, and 

 black at the tip. The length of the animal 

 from the nofe to the beginning of the tail is 

 •about i 1 inches, that of the tail 3 inches. 

 its toes on the fore feet 4, hind feet 5. 



[3. Common Squirrel. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 279. 

 n. 206. Sciurus vulgaris, Linn. 

 A variety of the common fpecies, being fome- 

 what inferior in fize, having a ferruginous 

 back and grey belly, a fhorter tail than the 

 common European for t, of a fine ferruginous 

 red, edged only with black. This animal lives 

 in pine trees, of which the cones are its food ; 

 it lies .dormant the greater part of the winter. 



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