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the bark of the apple trees, feeding onty by 
night, as the common hare. 
12. Quebec Marmot; Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 270. 
n. 199. 
Churchill River, N° 5. 
This creature is called a ground fquirrel, at 
Churchill fort ; it differs much in fize from 
that defcribed in the Syn. Quadr. being much 
lefs than a rabbit, perhaps it is a young one. I 
took down the following defcription, as I did 
not find it exactly corref ponding with that of 
the Canada marmot. The nofe is blunt, the ears 
are fhort and roundifh, the top of the head 
chefnut, back all over fprinkled with whitifh, 
b]ack, and yellowifh brown : the legs and 
whole underfide of the animal are of a bright 
ferruginous colour ; the tail is very fhort, and 
black at the tip. The length of the animal 
from the nofe to the beginning of the tail is 
about 1 1 inches, that of the tail 3 inches. 
Its toes on the fore feet 4, hind feet 5. 
3. Common Squirrel. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 279, 
n. 206. Sciurus vulgaris , Linn. 
A variety of the common fpecies, being fome^ 
what inferior in fize, having a ferruginous 
back and grey belly, a fhorter tail than the 
common European fort, of a fine ferruginous 
red, edged only with black. This animal lives 
in pine trees, of which the cones are its food ^ 
it .lies dormant the greater part of the winter.. 
