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come quite tame if unmolested. With the probable exception 

 of the red squirrel or chickaree they should be protected. 



FIG. 298. Chipmunk. (Photo, by Carlin.) 



The chipmunks (Fig. 298), or rock squirrels, are small animals 

 living usually on the ground among rocks. The ground squirrels 

 are sometimes called gophers (Fig. 299). They are inhabitants 



FIG. 299. Striped gopher at entrance to hole in ground. 

 (Photo, by Hegner.) 



