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tunity of indulging in such a propensity. We carried a specimen with 
ns to Europe, and had an opportunity at the Berlin Museum of comparing 
it with specimens from Siberia ; there is a general resemblance between 
the animals of the two countries, but they are scarcely more alike than 
the red squirrel of Europe ( Sciurus vulgaris ) and the red squirrel of 
America ( Sciurus Hudsonius). They may be distinguished from each other 
at a glance by the large rounded spots on the back of the Russian animal, 
compared with the white and irregular specks in the American species. 
As the name guttatus was pre-occupied, we have named this animal 
anew, and in doing so, called it after the gentleman who furnished us the 
specimen. 
