SQUIRREL. 
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GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 
Four toes before, and five behind. 
Tail clothed with long- hair. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Sciurus vulgaris. S. auricuiis apice barbatis, cauda dorso con- 
colore. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1 . p. 145. 
Ears tufted at the end, tail the same colour 
as the back. 
Sciurus vulgaris rubicundus. Klein. Quadr. 
p. 53. 
Sciurus (vulgaris) rufus, quandoque griseo 
admixto. Briss. Quadr. p. 150. n. 1. 
Common Squirrel. Sm. Buff. v. 4. p. 268. pi. 83. Penn. 
Hist. Quadr. v. 2. p. 138. Bew. Quadr. 
p. 352. 
This active little animal resides in the midst of the 
tallest trees of the forest, and when alarmed by any 
noise, or disturbed by any cause whatever, it bounds 
from tree to tree with great agility ; and thus, by 
travelling along the tops of the forest, completely 
escapes from the impending danger. In the fork 
