Sheet III. 
Sciurus carolinensis leucotis (Gapper) 
Northern Gray Squirrel. 
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James M. Southwick*s account of this fine species, prints 
in Random hot esenNaturs 1 Vol. I, No. 10, October , 
1884, page 9^ /l ^sas ?o iTows: ‘ "This species is very common throu 
ghout the s£at e. We have chestnuts, hickory nuts, and sweet acorn 
in plenty, and conditions in general are favorable to its exist¬ 
ence. The gray squirrel^produced on the average four young to 
the litter, born about the last ok April or first of May, and the 
would multiply profusely were it not for the persistent war waged 
upon them by gunners, old and young." 
"The nest is frequently placed in some tall tree at the junc¬ 
tion of a limb, bulky and $ looking like a crow's nest, except 
that few or no sticks are visible, the mass is roofed over and 
composed of leaves and moss. We have also seen them at the top 
of slender birch trees, a sort of round bunch,. usually of birch 
leaves, from which, in the autumn, a smart shake will dislodge th 
occupants. Within ten miles of Providence, much of the old tim¬ 
ber grown in very ledgy localities has been cut off, the squirrel 
remain, and very probably find homes and protection among the 
rocks. In April, 1877, Mr. G.M. Gray climbed to the nest of a 
Red-shouldered Hawk, in the woods near Bristol. The nest was ol 
and large, and might have been used for several years. On his 
approach, away went the hawk, and out from the mass below ran a 
gray squirrel. There were no young in the squirrel’s nest, but 
three eggs in that of the hawk. The squirrel was started from 
the same place several times afterward, whi1e the hawk built agai 
about an eighth of a mile distant." 
"The young sre born blind and without hair, and are frequently 
taken and reared in captivity. When allowed their freedom they 
are prone to trythei r sharp teeth upon furniture and household 
goods in general. And my experience is, that they are also lia¬ 
ble to bite persons, with whom they are not well acmis^+ ^ 
010 quainted, mak- 
taii an ia?^e e cves t i, Hol7ever >, their sleek coat, beautiful 
t ’ 1 ° -V-'*’ and dglie ways make them general favorites » 
In the woods they move 
rapidly by a 
series of 
j Urnp 
and 
