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informed me he will tatoii dui'Uling.s of wild and do- 

 mesticated kinds. 



THK CHIPMUNK OH GHOUxND HACKEY. 



The comnion ev(i',v-da.v Chipmunlv, which, in our 

 happy boyliood days we chased along the fences and 

 into his subteiraueau \un\\e under shelving rocks, 

 moss-covered stumps, and stately forest trees, has been 

 carefully studied by naturalists who have found an- 

 other Chipmunk which is denominated lysferi to dis- 

 tinguish it from the typical slriaius that occurs so 

 plentifully in the southern half of Pennsylvania, while 

 on the other hand the Canadian form {lysteri) is sup- 

 posed to be present in our northern counties. Chip- 

 munks feed largely on mast; they sometimes steal the 

 farmer's corn, but to compensate such injury they prey 

 on army worms and sometimes catch yellow butter- 

 flies. 



RATS GALORE. 



Rats, at least some kinds, are plentiful and most 

 vexatious. They eat a great amount of young poultry 

 and eggs; also devour grain and are a nuisance gen- 

 erally. Oftentimes when the hen coop is raided the 

 Skunks, Raccoon, 0])os8nm or little agile Weasel are 

 made to pay the penalty with their lives for the loss 

 sustained by the angi-y ownei'. who blames them for the 

 thieving act of the cunning Norway Rat, which is alike 

 abundant in coal and ii'ou mines, about farm b\)il(lings 

 and in the large cities. A black coated rat is of fre- 

 qu(Mi[ occnii(Mice in thc^ neighborhood of Scianton: 

 perhaps it is the Black Rat (Mus rattua) an introduced 

 species. 



