24 JANUARY 1920, Page 13

SQUIRRELS EATING MEAT.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR .'

SIR, I have a small " birds' table " about twelve feet front the house, which is like a Noah's Ark without sides nailed on the top of a pole six feet high. In this I place bones and fat. This morning we were surprised to see one of the wild squirrels which nest in our trees nibbling the meat off the bone, scraping it into his paws and then eating it, while the tits and other birds were also having a meal. Is not this unusual, especially as there are plenty of nuts which they store for the winter? Unfortunately we could not take a photograph through the glass, and feared to open the window. The squirrel was eating for a quarter of an hour.—I am, Sir, &c.,