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n^iis. This animal is fometimes entirely blade ; 
but generally marked with white on the noic, the 
neck, or the tip of the tail. It has plain ears; it's 
tail is fhorter than that of the grey Squirrel, but 
it's body is nearly of an equal length. It is found 
in Afia, North America, and Mexico. Like the 
grey Squirrel, it makes great havock among the 
maize ; and, like that animal, forms it's neft in a 
hollovvT tree, and lays up a ftore of provifions 
againfi: the winter feafon. 
There is an cbfcure variety of this fpecies found 
in Virginia, a fpecim.en of which is preferved in 
the Leverian Mufa^um. 
SouiRP.F.Lj Hudson's Bay. This fpecies, 
which Pennant defcribes from a fpecimen in the 
Leverian Mufseum, inhabits the pine-forefts of 
Hudfon's Bay, and Terra Le Labradore. It has 
plain ears ; and is marked along the middle of the 
back with a ferruginous line from head to tail. 
The fides are paler; and the belly is of a pale afh- 
colour, mottled with black. The tail, which is 
neither fo long nor fo bufhy as that of the com- 
mon kind, is of a ferruginous colour, barred with 
blaci:; and, towards the tip, has a broad belt of 
the. fame colour. It is fomewhat lefs than the 
European Squirrel in fize. 
Squirrel, Varied; the Sciurus Striatus of 
fnme naturalifts; and the Coquallin of BufFon. 
The nofe and feet of this animal are of a pale red 
colour; the eyes are full; and the ears are plain. 
The ridge of the back is marked with a black 
ftreak; and each fids v/ith a pale yellow ftripe, 
bounded above and below with a line of black. 
The head, body, and tail, are of a reddilli brown 
hue; and the breait and belly are white. 
Thefe Squirrels inhabit the north of Afia, and 
are very numerous in the forefts of North Ame- 
rica, They never afcend trees, except when pur- 
fued, and have no other means of efcape. They 
burrow under ground ; and form their habitations 
with two avenues, that they may have accefs to 
the one fliould the other happera to be flopped up. 
Thefe retreats are ingenioufly contrived, in the 
form of a large gallery, with two branches on each 
fide; and at the end of each branch a large cham- 
ber, which ferves as a map-azine for their winter 
provifion. In one they depofit acorns ; maize in 
another; hickery nuts in a third; and chefnuts, 
their moll: favourite food, in a fourth. If their 
ftores hold out, they feldom ftir from their apart- 
ments during the winter feafon ; but if they are 
exhaufled, they dig into cellars where apples are 
kept, or barns where 1T13,1ZC IS ftored, and do in- 
credible mifchief. However, cats deftroy them 
in prodigious numbers, and diminifh the ill effe6ls 
of their depredatory qualities. 
Thefe animals bite feverely; and are fo ex- 
tremely wild, that it is hardly poffible to tame 
them. Their (kins are of very little value ; but 
they are fometimes ufed for the linings of cloaks. 
Squirrel, Fair ; the Sciurus Flavus of Lin- 
njEus. This anim.al is a native of the woods near 
Amadabat, the capital of Guzarat ; and, accord- 
ino; to Linnffius, is alfo found in South Am.erica. 
Th^^ body and tail are of a flaxen colour ; the ears 
are rounded and plain ; and the tail is alfo rounded. 
This fpecies is much lefs than the common one. 
Squirrel, Brazilian; the Sciurus iEftuans 
of Linnfeus. This creature inhabits Brazil and 
Guiana. It's cars are plain ; and it's tail is 
rounded. The head, body, and fides, are covered 
witli foft dufky hairs, tipt v'ith yellow ; the throat 
SOU 
is cinereous ; the infide of the legs and belly is 
yellow; and the belly itfelf is longitudinally'di- 
vided with a white line, v/hich commencing at the 
breaft, is interrupted for a fmall fpace at the mid- 
dle, and then continued to the tail. The leno-th, 
from the nofe to the tail, is eight inches and a 
quarter ; and the tail is ten inches. 
Squirrel, Mexican ; the Halmototii of Fer- 
nandes; and the Sciurus Rariffimus of Seba. 
This fpecies, which inhabits New Spain, is of a 
moufe-colour. The male is marked on the back 
with feven white lines, extending along the tail ; 
and the female with only five. The tail of the 
male is divided into four parts at the extremity, 
though we are rather inclined to believe this to 
be an accidental quality ; and the fcrotum is pen- 
dulous, like that of a goat. 
Squirrel, Palm ; the Sciurus Palmarum of 
Linnasus. This fpecies has plain ears ; an ob- 
fcure pale yellow ftripe on the middle of the back ; 
another on each fide; and a third on each fide of 
the belly. The refl: of the hair on the fides, back, 
and head, is black and red, very clofely mixed ; 
that on the thighs and legs is more red ; the belly 
is a pale yellow; the hair on the tail does not lie 
flat, but encircles it, and is of a dirty yellow co- 
lour barred with black. 
According to Ray and Clufius, this fpecies does 
not cre£t it's tail, like other Squirrels ; but has 
the faculty of expanding it fidev/ays. 
Squirrel, Barbary; the Sciurus Getulus of 
Linnseus. This creature is a native of Barbary 
and other warm countries, where it lives in trees, 
efpecially palms. It has full black eyes, with 
white orbits; the head, feet, body, and tail, are 
cinereous, inclining to red; the fides are longitu- 
dinally marked with two white ftripes; the belly 
is white; and the tail is bufhy, regularly marked 
with fhades of black, one beneath the other. It 
is equal to the common Squirrel in fize. 
Squirrel, Plantane. This fpecies, which 
is found in Java, nearly refembles the common 
kind, except that it is lighter- coloured, and has a 
yellow line extending along the fides from leg to 
leg. It generally lives on plantane trees, and 
hence has received it's appellation. 
Squirrel, White-Nosed. This animal is 
fomewhat larger than the grey Squirrel. It is a 
native of the Floridas; and is principally diflin- 
guifhed from others of the fame genus by having 
a white nofe. It's eyes are of a chefnut-colour; 
and it's ears are white, their extremities beins: 
terminated by long hairs. The back, breaft, 
belly, thighs, and legs, are of a velvet black hue; 
the feet are white, intermixed with dufky brown 
hairs; and the tail is very bufliy and black, with a 
white tip. 
Squirrel, Sailing; the Sciurus Sagitta of 
Linnseus. This animal has a fmall round head j 
fmall blunt ears ; a fhort neck ; a cloven upper 
lip ; and two fmall warts at the exterior angle of 
each eye, with hairs proceeding therefrom. It 
has four toes on the fore-feet; and, inftead of a 
thumb, a flender bone, two inches and a half long, 
lodged under the lateral membrane, v/nich ferves 
to expand it. From thence to the hind legs ex- 
tends the membrane, which is broad, and a con- 
tinuation of the fkin of the fides and belly. It 
has five toes on the hind feet, with a fharp claw 
on each. The tail is covered with long hair, ho- 
rizontally difpofed. The colour of the head, 
body, and tail, is a bright bay, inclining to orange 
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