THE GROUND SQUIRREL.

Tue Squirrels are among the most in
teresting inhabitants of the woods. Their
light and graceful motions, their beauty,
and extreme neatness have made these
little animals general favorites. When
on the ground they move by successive
leaps, with the tail extended and undu-
lating; but the forest is their home, and
they display wonderful agility in leaping
from branch to branch, sometimes stop-
ping to listen, sitting erect upon their
hinder limbs, with the tail raised like a
plume. In the same posture they take
their food, using their fore feet like hands.

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