194 



BRANCH YERTEBRATA. 



distinguishing it from the preceding. It is a beautiful 

 western species, hibernating in the higher latitudes. 



FIG. 333. 



FIG. ,334. 



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W^- i ' 



Sper moph' \ lus M'decem line il' 

 Thirteen-lined Squirrel. * ( i.) 



Til' ml as stri a' (us. Chipmunk. ( J.) 



The Chipmunk, or Striped Squirrel, has cheek-pouches 



opening internally outside 

 the teeth, capable of car- 

 rying away four or five 

 acorns at a time. 



The GI-UI/ Squirrel is 

 the most abundant in 

 New England and the 

 Middle States, the black 

 variety prevailing in 

 Western New York.f 



* In Iowa, Minnesota, Wiscon- 

 sin, and Northern Illinois this squir- 

 rel is popuarly known as the Gopher. 

 The true animal of this name is 

 given mi p. 190. The former is 

 sometimes destructive to crops in 

 new districts, but a few pails of 

 water will drive it out of its shallow 

 burrow ; while it fully recompenses 

 all its damage by destroying mice 

 and noxious insects. 



t Congregating in great num- 

 bers, they venture into unknown 

 regions in an undeviating course, 



Sd li' run car o tin en' sis. 

 Gray Squirrel. Black variety of Gray, (f.) 



