104 EUROPEAN FLYING SQUIRREL., 
time. This species use the same food, and fomt 
their hoards in the same manner as others of the 
squirrel tribe. They are easily tamed, and soon 
become familiar ; they love warmth, and are very 
fond of creeping into the sleeve or pocket of their 
owner ; and if thrown upon the ground, they in- 
stantly shew their dislike to it by running up and 
sheltering themselves in his clothes. 
EUROPEAN FLYING SQUIRREL'. 
The European flying squirrel differs from the 
last species principally in having its tail full of 
hair, and rounded at the end ; and in the colour 
of its body ; the upper part of which is a fine 
grey, and the lower white. Its whole length is 
about nine inches, of which the tail occupies five. 
It is found in the woods of Siberia, Lapland, and 
other northern regions, where it feeds principally 
on the young branches of the beech and pine. 
Its nest is formed of moss, in the hollows, high 
among the branches ; and, except during the 
breeding season, it is solitary. It always sleepg 
during the day time, and seldom appears abroad iu 
bad weather. It is active the whole winter ; 
being frequently taken during that season, in the 
traps laid for the grey squirrels. Like the last 
species, it can leap to vast distances from free to 
tree. 
The females have two, three, and sometimes 
four young at a time. When the mother goes out 
in search of food, she carefully wraps them up in 
the moss of her nest. She pays them the utmost 
attention ; ; brooding over them, and sheltering 
their tender bodies, by her flying membrane, from 
the cold. When taken from the nest, it has beeft 
found very difficult to keep the young alive; 
evving probably to the want of proper food. The 
