THE MARMOT. 



Prairie Dogs and burrowing Owls. 



The Prairie Dog is a species of the Marmot found in the prairies of the West, and the Burrowing Owl 

 resides exclusively in the villages of the Marmot, or Prairie Dog, whose. excavations are so commodious as 

 to render it unnecessary that the bird should dig for himself, as he is said to do, in other parts of the world, 

 where no burrowing animal exists. These villages are very numerous, and variable in their extent, some- 

 times covering only a few acres, and at others spreading over the surface of the country for miles together. 



Marmots may be seen in England, carried about by the Savoyard boys, who catch them when young and 

 tame them. 



Alpine Marmot. 



A Savoyard boy with, bis Marmot. 



