THE GREY SQUIRREL. 



Generic Characters. 

 Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 

 Four toes before, five behind. 

 Tail long, and clothed with long hair. 



Synonims. 

 Sciurus cinereus, Linn. Syjl. 86. 

 Le Petit-Gris, de Buffon, x. 116. tab. xxv. 

 Grey Squirrel, Pennant Hift. Quad. vol. ii. p. 144. 

 Fox Squirrel, Lawfons Carolina, 124. 



Sciurus cinereus Virginianus major, Raii Syn. Quad, 215. 



THE lize of this animal is fimilar to that of a young Rabbit. Its ears 

 are fhort and plain ; its coat of a grey colour, mingled with black, and 

 fometimes tinged with dirty yellow. Its belly and the inlides of its legs 

 are white; and its tail, which is long and bufhy, is grey, diverfified with 

 white and black. 



Thefe creatures are very numerous in Peru, Chili, and North America, 

 where they commit great depredations on the plantations of maize, by 

 running up the lialks and eating the young ears. On this account they 

 have been profcribed by the provinces, and a reward of three-pence per head 

 is given for every one that is killed (a.) 



They make their nefts in hollow trees, with ftraw, mofs, wool, &c. and 

 form fubterraneous magazines for their flock of winter provilions. They 

 are particularly indunxious at the approach of bad weather, and frequently 



(a) Such numbers of these animals were destroyed in one year, that Pennsylvania alone paid 8000/. 

 of its currency in rewards. 



