. Portraits at the zoo . front paws and carefullyexamined with his keen eyes. Everything with the leastdefect is discarded; but a good sound nut, ripe grain, orgood seed is put carefully into one of the hiding-places. The Grey Squirrel eats very few nuts and little grainduring the autumn months. He lives then on insects andseeds, and an occasional little bird. All squirrels seem tobe fond of insects and small birds, but it is a curious fact 79 0 c THE GREY SQUIRREL that they never attempt to store either of these dainties,neither of which would, of course, keep very long. Whenable to obtain ei
. Portraits at the zoo . front paws and carefullyexamined with his keen eyes. Everything with the leastdefect is discarded; but a good sound nut, ripe grain, orgood seed is put carefully into one of the hiding-places. The Grey Squirrel eats very few nuts and little grainduring the autumn months. He lives then on insects andseeds, and an occasional little bird. All squirrels seem tobe fond of insects and small birds, but it is a curious fact 79 0 c THE GREY SQUIRREL that they never attempt to store either of these dainties,neither of which would, of course, keep very long. Whenable to obtain either a bird or an insect, they promptlyeat it at once. The Grey Squirrels are considered rather pugnaciouslittle creatures as a rule; the red squirrels seem afraid ofthem, and it is well known that when these Americansquirrels are put in any English wood the red squirrels, innearly all cases, promptly disappear. But when tame, theGrey Squirrel is one of the most gentle, amiable, andinteresting of all the squirrel
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