. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. Red-squirrel 329 winter about Carberry. I recollect especially one day in Decembe'-, ', seeing the Squirrels chasing each other about in a gr^ v o of oaks ?n<' having the merriest game of tag, though the thcmcnieter regi' lered that day 35 degrees below zero. I . k \i possil le that farther north, where the winter is severe, this viguiou' little creature may consent to sleep during. •S Fio. us—The Red-squirrel'i pltycEraiind, in * tcowdrift the worst of t
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. Red-squirrel 329 winter about Carberry. I recollect especially one day in Decembe'-, ', seeing the Squirrels chasing each other about in a gr^ v o of oaks ?n<' having the merriest game of tag, though the thcmcnieter regi' lered that day 35 degrees below zero. I . k \i possil le that farther north, where the winter is severe, this viguiou' little creature may consent to sleep during. •S Fio. us—The Red-squirrel'i pltycEraiind, in * tcowdrift the worst of the storms, for the habit is deeply rooted in the family. But this must be only for a short time, and it is ever ready to resume active life on the slightest encouragement from the weather. E. W. Nelson says* that in Alaska "the most intense cold of the northern winter does not keep them in their nests more than a day or two at a ; During the winter in northern New York State I found a trail along a fence showing in the snow where some Squirrels had a regular road from a barn full of corn to a little woods a •Nat. Hist. Alaska, 1887, p. 381. m. 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 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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