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JM Johnston
1948
Douglas Squirrel.
Tamiascirtus hudsonicus
23 Aug. behind, but spraddled slight-
ly to the side. When he would
stop on the vertical side of
the trunk his hind legs stay-ed stretched out, but when
he stopped on a horizontal
limb he would make 6-8
quich little hops 1/4 in at a time,
with his hind feet to bring
them up underneath him.
While sitting on a horizontal
limb he would scratch him-self with a hind paw.
25 Aug Holkham Bay, Alaska
0030 T, 2.0 mi from Bar Light.
Saw one being chased by
another across the floor of
the woods. Where ever a fallen
log was handy they would
run along the log; elsewher-
they picked the open places
of the floor, covered only by
small herbs or moss, to run.
29 Aug 'Same-
On 26th at dusk, which
now comes at about 8:30, I shot