comstock] lesson ON SQUIRRELS AND CHIPMUNKS 149 



The next lesson should be on the habits and the following 

 questions may be asked : 



1. Are the front legs as large and strong as the hind legs? 

 Does this mean that the squirrel is a good jumper? 



2. Does the squirrel trot along or leap when running on the 

 ground ? 



3. When crossing an open space does it stop at intervals to 

 make observations? Describe its attitude when doing this? 



The Chipmunk Photo by A. A. A lien 



4. Describe how the squirrel climbs a tree. Does it keep 

 its feet under it as when running on the ground or does it spread 

 the legs out widely ? 



5. Does it go down a tree head first? Is it able to climb out 

 on the smallest branches ? 



6. Does the squirrel follow the same route always when pass- 

 ing from one tree to another, either on the ground or the branches ? 



7. Does the chipmunk climb as freely in the trees as the red 

 squirrel ? Have you ever seen a chipmunk in the top branches of 

 a tree? 



8. What do the squirrels and chipmunks eat during the 

 autumn, winter, spring, and summer? 



9. Does the chipmunk carry its food in the same way as the 

 squirrel? (This should bring out the fact that the chipmunk 

 has cheek pouches while the red squirrel carries the nuts in its 



