SAILING SqUIRREL. 
ash-Goloured hair ; the legs are of a reddish 
black colour ; and the upper part of the tail is 
brown : this brown shade grows gradually 
deeper, till it becomes black at the extremity 
of the tail — 6. The feet of the Great Flying 
Squirrel have the same number of toes as in the 
common kind ; but those of the former are co- 
vered with black and those of the latter with 
white hair : the claws are thin, and hooked, like 
those of a Cat ; from which resemblancCj and 
that of the tail, the animal has received the 
name of the Flying Cat. The large claw of 
the fore-feet is five lines and a half long, and 
the longest of the hind-feet only five lines.** 
BufFon adds, from Vosmaer, the following 
description of the Great Flying Squirrel— 
" Valentine," observes Vosmaer, first 
mentioned these animals ; and says, that they 
are found in the Island of Gilolo, where they 
go by the name of Flying Civets. He remarks, 
that they have long tails like those of the Mon» 
keys ; that, when at rest, their wings are not 
seen ; that they are wild, and timid ; that their 
head is reddish, with a mixture 'of grey; that 
their wings, or rather membranesj are covered 
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