19 APRIL 1935, Page 16

More Brown Squirrels

Two attempts have been, and are being, made to multiply the brown native English squirrel, which is thought to have suffered at the hands of the transplanted grey. It is certainly much rarer than of old. One experiment, made by a private donor, in the desirable grounds of Whipsnade, has been, one may say, a success, though a casualty or two has occurred. Whether the aggressor was a grey squirrel is not proved ; but Whipsnade is not far from Woburn, where this American rat was first multiplied in large numbers, and from which it spread with alarming celerity. Another attempt is to be made near Newcastle with a consignment of breeding pairs procured in the South.

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