354 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The HudsonVBay SQUIRREL 



is fmaller than the European. It is marked along the 

 middle of the back with a dufky line, from head to tail ; 

 the belly is of a pale afli colour, mottled with black ; and 

 the tail, which is duflcy and barred with black, is not fa 

 long, nor Co full of hair, as that of the common kind. 



The Grey SQUIRREL 



is about the fize of a young Rabbit : Its ears are fhort, 

 and not tufted at the ends ; its hair is grey, mixed with 

 black ; on each fide there is a red ftreak, which runs 

 lengthwife ; its tail is long and buftiy, of a grey colour, 



variegated with black and white. It is common to 



both continents. — In Sweden and other northern coun- 

 tries, it changes its colour in the winter. 



It is very numerous in North-America, and does incre- 



