. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 2G6 FAMILIAR LIF3 m FIELD AND FOREST. Inhabiting the same wood with the varying hare, but far more active than he is in every motion of the body, the sauciest scamp in the forest glade, and a notorious little villain for stealing a march on birds' nests, the red squirrel, or chickaree {Sciurus hudsoni- cHs hudsonicus, Scitirus hudsoniios of Allen), is per- haps the most familiar phase of wild life in the forest or on the highway. But some of his tricks and man- ners are not thoroughly well known. He is a
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 2G6 FAMILIAR LIF3 m FIELD AND FOREST. Inhabiting the same wood with the varying hare, but far more active than he is in every motion of the body, the sauciest scamp in the forest glade, and a notorious little villain for stealing a march on birds' nests, the red squirrel, or chickaree {Sciurus hudsoni- cHs hudsonicus, Scitirus hudsoniios of Allen), is per- haps the most familiar phase of wild life in the forest or on the highway. But some of his tricks and man- ners are not thoroughly well known. He is a perfect nuisance to the trapper, as he continually springs the traps set for martens and minks, and quite often gets caught him- self. But his hide is not worth a cent, so the trap- per is disgusted. As for his habit of robbing birds' nests, that is fairly well known by every one who lives in the country in June. Last spring a pair of robins built their nest close to my cottage in a butternut tree, around the trunk of which I had built a rustic arbor, and all went on without disturbance until the young birds were hatched, when, late one afternoon, a red squirrel appeared, and in a very unconcerned way began to ascend the tree ostensibly to see how the. The Red Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929, phot. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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