8 EVERMANN AND CLARK 



Nearly all portions of the lake shore are favorable. Wherever 

 there are old trees on the north, east and south sides, there you 

 may find Chipmunk families. The old oaks at the southwest corner 

 of the lake and those on Long Point have never, since our acquaint- 

 ance with the lake, been without their Ground Squirrels. The open 

 woods between the two lakes and Walley's woods are also favorite 

 situations. A visit to any of these regions would almost certainly 

 be rewarded by a glimpse of a pair or more of these merry creatures. 

 On Long Point several pairs usually have their homes, and from 

 May or June until late in October they may be seen chasing each 

 other along the fences or sitting at the root of some hollow old oak 

 where they often remain chirping hours at a time. During the 

 winter of 1900-1901, one had its home under the cottage in which 

 we lived. During the fall it was seen daily gathering nuts, seeds, 

 and grain which it stored for winter use. On bright sunny days it 

 worked persistently from early morning until evening, usually 

 stopping in the middle of the forenoon and again about two o'clock 

 in the afternoon to sit on the south steps of the cottage or at the 

 root of a gnarled old oak near by, where it would keep up an almost 

 incessant chirping for an hour or more. Toward evening it gener- 

 ally disappeared, not to be seen again until 7 or 8 o'clock next 

 morning. On dark and gloomy days it sometimes failed to appear. 

 On November 27 it went into winter quarters and was not seen 

 again until the twentieth of March following when it was seen 

 scurrying about as lively as ever. From that date on it and others 

 were noted occasionally on bright sunny days until warm weather, 

 when they might be seen every day, usually near the edge of their 

 burrows or other safe refuge into which they would scamper, on the 

 slightest alarm, with a rapid succession of sharp chipping noises. 

 During the summer and early fall they are ever in evidence and 

 are not easily frightened. As fall comes on and seeds and nuts 

 mature, these interesting little animals become more active and 

 very busy laying up- their winter stores, stopping now and then to 

 bask in the sun, their crammed cheek-pouches giving them a com- 

 ical, mump-like appearance. At this time of the year they have a 

 call or note quite different from the sharp chipping noise usually 

 heard in the summer, it being a succession of hollow clucking sounds, 

 most interesting when heard at some distance through the autumn 



