SAILING SQUIRREL, 
Flying Sqiiirre], differs from the Small — i. In 
size, being twenty-three inches long — 2. In the 
length of the tail, which is twenty-one inches : 
besides, the tail is not flat, like that of the com- 
mon kind ; but round, like that of the Cat, and 
covered with long blackish brown hair — 3. The 
eyes and ears of both species are similarly situ- 
ated, and the black whiskers are proportionably 
the same ; but the head of the large kind is 
smaller in proportion to the size of it's body-— 
4. The face is entirely black; the sides of the 
head, and the cheeks, are mixed with black and 
white hairs ; on the top of the nose, and round 
the eyes, the hair is a mixture of black, white, 
and red ; behind the ears, there are dark long 
brown hairs, which cover the sides of the neck, 
and are not to be found in the common kind ; 
the top of the head, and of the whole body as 
far as the tail, is sprinkled with black and white 
hairs, where the black predominates, because 
the white hairs are black at the roots, and be- 
come white near their extremities only: the 
under part of the body k of a dirty white co- 
lour, which extends below the belly — 5. The 
prolongation of the skin is covered above with 
dark brown hair, and below with yellowish 
ash- 
