MAMMALIA. 187 
[59.] 3. Scrurus Hupsonius. (Pennant.) The Chickaree. 
GeEnuws, Sciurus. Linn. 
Escurieil commun ou Aroussen. SacarD-THEODAT, Canada, p. 746. 
Common Squirrel. Forster, Phil. Trans., |xii. p. 378. An. 1772. 
Sciurus vulgaris, var. E. ERxLEBEIN, Syst. An. 1777. 
Hudson’s Bay Squirrel. PENNANT, Arctic Zool., vol. i. p. 116. Hist. of Quadr., vol. ii. p. 147. 
Common Squirrel. HEARNE, Jowrn., p. 385. 
Red Barking Squirrel. ScnooL%crart’s Jowrn., p. 273. 
Red Squirrel. WarbEn, United States, vol. i. p. 330, No. 54. 
Sciurus Hudsonius. EsuspeEu, vol. i. p. 231, No. 56. Sasine, Franklin’s Journey, p. 663. Hanan, 
Fauna, p. 185. (The Sc. Hudsonius of GMELIN is a Pieromys.) 
Ecureil de la Baie d’Hudson. F, Cuvier, Hist. Naturelle des Mammiferes, 
Hudson’s Bay Squirrel. Gopman, Nat. Hist., vol. ii. p. 138. 
Chickaree. UNITED States. Aroussen. Hurons. Annekcootchass. CREE INDIANS. 
PLATE xvit. 
This squirrel is an inhabitant of the forests of white spruce, which cover a 
great portion of the surface of the earth in the fur countries. The limits of its 
range to the southward have not been mentioned by American writers, but they 
say that it is common in the middle states. It is found as far north as the spruce 
trees extend, that is, to between the sixty-eighth and sixty-ninth parallel of 
latitude, and it is one of the most numerous animals in the northern districts. It 
digs its burrows, generally at the root of one of the largest and tallest trees it can 
select, and forms four or five entrances, around which very large quantities of the 
scales of spruce-fir canes are in process of time accumulated. It does not come 
abroad in cold or stormy weather, but even in the depth of winter it may be seen, 
during a gleam of sunshine, sporting among the branches of its tree. On the 
approach of any one, it conceals itself behind a branch, but soon betrays its 
position by the loud noise it makes, somewhat like the’ sound of a watchman’s 
rattle, and from whence it has obtained the expressive appellation of Chickaree. 
When pursued and harassed it makes great leaps from tree to tree, but as 
soon as it observes the way clear, it descends to the ground and seeks shelter 
in its burrow. It does not appear to quit the tree beneath which it burrows, by 
choice, unless when it makes an excursion in the spring in quest ofa mate. In 
the fur countries it subsists chiefly, if not entirely, on the seeds and young buds of 
the spruce-fur. In the winter it collects the cones from the tree and carries them 
to the entrance of its burrow, where it picks out the seeds beneath the snow. 
Like the English squirrel, it makes hoards on the approach of severe weather. 
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