Franklin's Spermophile 



tinguish it from old picket pin or fence stake. Standing thus the 

 animal will often allow one to approach within a few yards, then 

 quickly dropping on all fours it utters a shrill chatter and dives 

 into a hole close by. Remain quiet for a few minutes and its 

 head reappears at the entrance of the hole and the little black 

 eyes peer at you curiously. Walk away from the place and it 

 will soon come out and, standing up again, watch you as long 

 as you are in within sight, uttering an occasional note of alarm 

 or warning to its friends." 



The burrows vary in length, some being short and appar- 

 ently only used for shelter, while others are long with the nest 

 at the end where the young are born, or where the animals hibernate; 

 other adjoining cavities are used for storehouses and a large supply of 

 grain is generally put away before winter sets in. 



Franklin's Spermophile 



Spermophilus ftanklini (Sabine) 

 Also called Gray Gopher. 



Length. 14.80 inches. 



Description. Hair coarse and harsh, gray above suffused with 



yellowish brown and hairs banded with black; below paler gray 



with a white throat, tail clear gray. 

 Range. Saskatchewan south to eastern Kansas and through northern 



and middle Illinois and southern Wisconsin to the western 



border of Indiana. 



Although there are numerous spermophiles in the West, this and 

 the preceding are the only ones to range east of the Mississippi. 



Peculiar interest attaches to this animal from the fact that it was 

 introduced into the sandy barrens of southern New Jersey where it 

 seemed to flourish for a time, though it did not spread to any 

 extent. 



Chipmunk 



Tamias striatus (Linnaeus) 

 Called also Ground Hackee, Ground Squirrel, Striped Squirrel. 



Length. 9. 50 inches. 



Description. Head brown, back grizzly gray, rump and hind legs 

 rufous chestnut; a narrow black stripe on the middle of the back 



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