The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports

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Title: The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports
Year: 1830 (1830s)
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Subjects: Zoology Hunting
Publisher: Philadelphia, John Doughty
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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e re-mainder of this game from a recurrence of such disastersas prevailed amongst it last winter. And it gives us much pleasure to insert the followingnotice, which has been freely circulated in most of our citypapers. NOTICE TO SPORTSMEN. At a meeting of the inhabitants of Oxford and LowerDublin Township, held at Sandy Hill, on Monday evening,the 7th inst., Mr. Daniel Walton was called to the chair,and Jacob Snyder appointed secretary. The following re- sons Annette: Mr. Johnsons Annette,Mr. Whites Bayard,Mr. Wilsons Chanticleer,Time—1st heat 3m. 47^s.- THB MATCH RACE FOR §4,000. Nov. 4.—^The Match Race for a purse of S4,000 was runyesterday over Garrisons course. The contest was be-tween Mr. Doswells b. m. Sally Hornet, 5 years old, andMr. Wm. Wilsons bl. m. Bonny Black. Sally Hornetproved more than a match for her competitor, and bore offthe purse. The following is the award:Mr. Doswells Sally Hornet, 1 1 Mr. Wilsons Bonny Black, 2 2 Time—1st heat 7m. 55s.—2d heat 8m. 133.
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AND AMERICAN RURAL SPORTS. GREAT TAILED SQUIRREL. SCIURUS 3MCE0URUS. Sciurus macrourus. Say. non Gmelin, S. magnicau-datus, Harlan. Griffith, Jin. king. S. macroureus,GoDMAN. Am. Nat. Hist. Philadelphia Museum. The Squirrels belong to the great order Glires or Gnawers,and are distinguished, by their very compressed lower inci-sors, and their long tail furnished with hair. They havefour toes on the anterior feet, and five on the posterior.Sometimes the thumb of the fore feet is marked by a tu-bercle. Their head is large, and their eyes prominent andbrilliant. The genus Sciurus, of Linnaeus, comprehendsmany which have been considered, by modern Zoologists,as possessing sufficient characters to be formed into othergenera. These are Tajiias Illiger, including the GroundSquirrels, or those having cheek pouches; Pteromys, Cu-vier, comprehending the Flying Squirrels, and Cheiromys,Cuvier, of which there is but one species distinguished byhaving much more compressed incisors, and five toes on

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