by BufFon the Petit Gris — that being the 
French name of it''s valuable fur, though very- 
inapplicable to the size of the animal itself,? 
which is larger than a rabbit — Goldsmith says, 
his a beautiful red streak on each side length- 
w^)-?." The Barbary Squirrel, of which 
Buffon makes three varieties, " is of a mixed 
colour, betw^een red and black ; and, along 
the sides, there are white and brown lines, 
which render this animal ver^^ beautiful;, but 
what still adds to it's elegance is, that the belly 
is of a sky blue, surrounded with white/' 
The Squirrel of New Spain, which is of a 
deep iron grey, is said also, by Goldsmith, 
to have seven longitudinal whitish streak* 
along the sides of the male, and five along 
those of the female.'* 
In our opinion, howe\'er, what Goldsmith . 
calls the Little Ground Squirrel of Carolina, ] 
is the only animal which he mentions that can I 
be truly considered as our Varied Squirrel of 
Edwards. This, indeed, as far as Goldsmith's 
description goes, which is comprehended in 
the few following words, will be found so* 
far 
