informed ine lie will catili duekliugs of wild and do- 

 mesticated kinds. 



THt; ClllF.MLNK UK GUUL'ND HACKKY. 



The common everyday Chipmunk, which, in our 

 happy boyhood days we chased along the fences and 

 into his suhtcrraneau home under shelvinji rocks. 

 moss-covered stumps, and stately forest trees, has been 

 carefully studied by naturalists who have found an 

 other Chipmunk which is denominated h/steri to dis- 

 tinguish it from the typical slriutus that occurs so 

 plentifully in the southern half of Pennsylvania, while 

 on the other hand the Canadian form {lysferi) is sup- 

 posed to be present in our northern counties. Chip- 

 munks feed largely on mast; they sometimes steal the 

 farmer's corn, but to compensate such injury they prey 

 on army worms and sometimes catch yellow butter- 

 flies. 



RATS GALORK. 



Kats, at least some kinds, are plentiful and most 

 vexatious. They eat a great amount of young poultry 

 and eggs; also devour grain and are a nuisance gen- 

 erally. Oftentimes when the hen coop is raided the 

 Skunks, Raccoon, Opossum or lit lie auile Weasel are 

 made to pay the penalty with their lives for the loss 

 sustained by tlie angry owner, who blames them for the 

 thieving act of the cunning Norway Rat, which is alike 

 abundant in coal and iron mines, almut farm Imildintrs 

 and in the large cities. A black coated rat is of fre- 

 ()uont occurrei;ce in the neighborhood of Scranton: 

 perhaps It is the Black Rat (Mus ratfua)^ an introduced 

 species. 



