860 FOUR-FOOTEB AMERICANS 



out by clay and have a loud, barking cry. As a rule, 

 they take life easily, making their homes in colonies 

 near grain fields and managing to do the farmers a gi-eat 

 deal of damage. But as many of these Squirrels are 

 shot for food, the farmer gets some of his grain back in 

 the shape of Squirrel meat. 



Chipmunk. 



" Now let us spend five minutes on the ground witli 

 the Chipmunk and his kin. You all know the Chip- 

 munk as well as you do the Chipping Sparrow, even 

 if you had not his picture before you." 



"Oh, yes, I know him just as Avell as I do a Robin," 

 said Dodo. " He's the Squirrel that has a hole under 

 one of the spruces where tlie hammock is hung, and 

 stays mostly on the ground, but runs up trees for cones 

 and to peep in nests, too, sometimes. He's little and 



