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juftly remarks : lays in a hoard of winter provlfion, 
fuch as nuts, acorn^, &c. in fummer, feeds on buds 
and young (hoots : is particularly fond of thofe of 
fir, and the young cones : fits up to eat* and ufes its 
fore-feet as hands : covers itfelf with its tail: leaps 
to a furprifing difiance: when difpofed to crofs a 
river, a piece of bark is its boat; its tail the fail *. 
«. Hudson Bay Sq^ Smaller than the European , 
marked along the middle of the back with a fer¬ 
ruginous line from head to tail: the fides paler : 
belly of a pale afh-color, mottled with black : tail 
not fo long, or fo full of hair, as the common 
kind; of a ferruginous color, barred with black, 
and towards the end is a broader band of the 
fame color, 
j 3 . White-legged S<^ The head, whole upper part 
of the body, fides and toes* of a reddifh brown : 
face, nofe, under fide of the neck, belly, fore-legs, 
infide of the ears and thighs, white : ears (lightly 
tufted with black : tail long, covered with duiky 
hairs much (horter than thofe in the European 
kind. Br. Muf. by the catalogue, faid to be 
brought from Ceylon , 
* Rzacziffi, Klein , Scheffer 3 Linnms , 
Sciures, 
