S Q^U IR RE L; 
but finks confiderably before it can reach t he place 
it aims at: fenfihle of this, the fquirrel mounts the 
higher, in proportion to the diftance it wifties to 
reach : when it would leap it ffretches out the fore¬ 
legs, and extending the membranes, becomes fpeci- 
iically lighter than it would otherwife be ^ and thus 
is enabled to fpring further than other fquirrels that 
have not this apparatus. When numbers leap at a 
time, they feem like leaves blown off by the wind. 
Their food the fame as the other American fquirrels : 
are eafily tamed: bring three or four young at a 
time. 
ft Hooded. Sciurus Virginia- xliv. Brtjfon quad. III. 
r nus volans. Seb. Muf. I. tab. Mus volans. Lin.fyfi. 85. 
Sq. with the lateral membrane beginning at the chin 
and ears, and extending like the former from fore to 
hind leg: reddilh above; cinereous, tinged with 
yellow, beneath. 
Inhabits Virginia , according to Seba% the only 
perfon who had feen it: is perhaps a meer variety. 
Linn&us' s fynonyms from Ray and Edwards erro¬ 
neous. 
