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 franklint (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 (Linnzeus) 
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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