. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 27G FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. little creature is common all over the country, from the East to the West, as far as the plains. I have often seen him in HoldernesB, JST. H., and he is com- mon at Profile Lake, Franconia Notch, K H. The nest of the flying squirrel is in a hole in a tree. The female bears from four to six young about the first of April or later. When captured and tamed the little ones make most charming pets. Next to the woodchuck, the flying squirrel i^ one of the most profound sle
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 27G FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. little creature is common all over the country, from the East to the West, as far as the plains. I have often seen him in HoldernesB, JST. H., and he is com- mon at Profile Lake, Franconia Notch, K H. The nest of the flying squirrel is in a hole in a tree. The female bears from four to six young about the first of April or later. When captured and tamed the little ones make most charming pets. Next to the woodchuck, the flying squirrel i^ one of the most profound sleepers of all hibernating animals. He retires to his nest early in Novem- ber, and does not reap- pear until the latter part of March. The big relative of the jiiSk red squirrel—an animal made of coarser clay— is the Northern gray squirrel {Sciu/'us caroUnen/^is leucotis). This active fellow, familiar in many of the city parks, hibernates only when the weather is extremely cold, and then for no great length of time. So long as the mercury will stand above 16° the gray squirrel will venture out in the cold; but when it drops below that, and the chances of food on the snow covered ground are. The Gray 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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