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MAMMALS OF AMERICA 



eaten oflF ; two hundred apple trees destroyed in 

 two years ; thirty-five bushels of sweet potatoes 

 taken from a cellar ; two bushels of potatoes 

 stored away in one burrow ; fifty yards of hedge 

 cut off — these are a few of the depredations 

 cited by Bailey. His dog once dug out a nest 

 containing two young Gophers. " They had no 

 visible hair, their complexion was a beautifully 



translucent pinky white, their heads were round, 

 and their little fat hands and fingers were 

 touchingly babylike. Both eyes and ears were 

 tightly sealed. They were helpless, and had the 

 appearance of being born in a very rudimentary 

 or undeveloped condition. The nest was a bed 

 of soft grass and vegetable fibers on the bottom 

 of an oval chamber in the burrow." 



By permission of the U. S. 



GEORGIA POCKET GOPHER 



Nearly life-size. The enormously developed claws on the fore feet, adapted for digging, and the external 



cheek pouches are here well shown 



