See quot. 1849.
1849. The larger red squirrel or chickaree, sometimes called the Hudson Bay squirrel (Scriurus Hudsonius), gave warning of our approach by that peculiar alarum of his.—Thoreau, ‘Week on Concord River,’ p. 206. (N.E.D.)
a. 1853. The chickeree shells his nut in quietness.—Dow, Jun., ‘Patent Sermons,’ iii. 171.
