Concord, Mass.
1909.
April 7
(No 4) 
  Early this forenoon I sent one of Richardson's men
up into the big white pine near the path through
Pulpit Rock woods to throw down a Gray Squirrel's
nest on the underside of which we could see clusters
of gypsy moth eggs. He could not get to it for
it was near the extremity of a long branch but he
pushed it off with a pole. In falling it broke into
fragments. When these reached the ground we were
surprised to find among them four young Gray Squirrels.
They were about the size of large Field Mice. Their
eyes were tightly closed, their heads, bodies and tails absolutely
without trace of hair or fur & of a warm flesh color.
One showed a slightly bleeding wound, the others seemed 
unhurt. When I picked them up they shrieked shrilly
like rats but made no attempt to bite. I left two at the base of the nest tree & these
were gone before noon. The other two placed at the foot of
a neighboring pine in which I had seen the mother Squirrel, were
there at 4 P.M. The mother showed herself only this once & made no sound.
Young Gray Squirrels in nest.