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VIRGINIAN FLYING SQUIRREL. 



Sclurus Volucella. S. fuscus, mhtus albido-Jia'cescais, hypochon" 



driis dilatatis, cauda lanceolata. 

 Brown Squirrel, yellowish-white beneath, with the side-skia 



dilated with a flying membrane. 

 Sciurus hypockondriis extends voUtans, cauda elongata mlhsU* 



Lin. Syst, Nat, Gmel. p. 153. 

 Mils volans. Lin, Syst. Nat, p, 75. 

 Sciurus Americaniis volans. Raj. Quadr, n^, 

 Le Polatouche, Buff, io.pl. 21, 



Flying Squirrel. Catesb. Car, 2, pL 76. Edw, pi, 191. Pm- 

 nant Quadr, 2,p. J^s, 



This species is much smaller than the preced- 

 ing, from which it also differs in colour, being 

 of an elegant brown or subferruginous mouse- 

 colour above, and yellowish white beneath : the 

 edges of the flying-membrane are of a darker or 

 blacker tinge than the rest of the fur, contrast- 

 ing with the white border of the under part : a 

 few dusky undulations also take place about the 

 back and shoulders : the tail is of a similar colour 

 to the body, and of a flattened shape, or with the 

 hair spreading towards each side, and the extre- 

 mity somewhat sharpened : the eyes are large, 

 and the ears rather short, almost naked, and 

 slightly rounded. Its general length is five inches 

 to the tail, which measures about four inches. It 

 is a native of the temperate parts of North Ame- 

 rica, and has been found also in some of the 

 southern parts of the American continent. It is 

 an animal of great beauty, and is frequently kept 



