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iood easih' gathered. With these conditions it has greatly 

 increased and has become a pest, so that many townships in 

 southern Michigan pay a bounty of 25 to 50 cents each for 

 woodchucks. 



On the Wood homestead of 400 acres in Lodi Township 

 this animal was rarely seen in 1865, but in the next twenty 

 years it became so common that in the years 1881-82 I killed 

 more than 100 and my brother and his helper 125 more, all 

 of them on this one small tract, and even then some were left. 



Its flesh is good when properly prepared, but most people 

 are so prejudiced that they will not eat it. 



Albinos are not rare; I know of one taken near Saline 

 about 1885. 



When alarmed it uiters a shrill whistle ; and when angry 

 it chatters its teeth. I have often seen it climb trees, and 

 have shot it from heights of 10 to 30 feet. It climbs when 

 chased by dogs and also of its own free will. 



Citellus tridecemlineatiis tridecemlineatus. Striped Ground- 

 squirrel. — This animal (erroneously called "gopher" by many 

 people) was formerly common only in the southern part of 

 the Lower Peninsula, where its natural habitat was the prairies 

 or oak openings. Here it occurred in great numbers, as stated 

 by the first settlers. As the state became settled and the tim- 

 ber cut ofif it gradually extended its range until at present it 

 occurs in most of the cultivated areas of the Lower Peninsula. 



This squirrel rarely climbs in bushes or small trees. It has 

 a sharp whistle of alarm and a lower chirping call while feed- 

 ing in company. 



Tam'ms striatus lysteri. Northeastern Chipmunk. — Form- 

 erly abundant in the county, living in the forests. With the 

 cutting of the forests it has become scarce, but is now some- 

 times found along brushy roadsides as well as in woods. 



