Chipmunk 
from the ears to the rufous of the rump,and on each side two black 
stripes with a light buff stripe between them. Sides of the body 
buffy mixed with black-tipped hairs, below white. Tail grizzly 
gray above with black tips to the hairs, below ‘rufous edged 
with black. 
Range. Southern New York to Georgia. Northward the closely 
related northern hackee (7. striatus lysteri) takes its place. It is 
much brighter and lighter in colour, bright rusty red instead of 
chestnut above. Numerous other species are found in the West. 
Ground squirrels are unquestionably most intelligent creatures, lov- 
ing the sunlight and hot weather and open yroves of hardwoods where 
the turf is cropped close by cattle. 
Here they dig their burrows in such a manner as to avoid 
_attracting the attention of their enemies and at the same time 
allowing them an unobstructed outlook on all sides from their 
doorways. 
Choosing an open and lawn-like spot they sink a_perpen- 
dicular tunnel down several feet; after which the burrow is 
carried along horizontally for a few yards and then ascends a 
trifle to the chamber, which is perhaps a foot in height and 
breadth and nearly twice as long and carpeted with soft grass. 
A back stairway ascends to the surface by a somewhat 
shorter route at a considerable distance from the other opening. 
Now the amount of earth removed must necessarily be con- 
siderable, yet the grass about the entrance shows no signs of it, 
and it requires a sharp eye to detect the position of the  bur- 
row unless its owner betrays the secret himself. I believe that 
in some instances, perhaps quite frequently, the hole is begun 
beneath a hollow stump cr tree, under the shelter of a_ thick 
low growing bush, or between the rocks of a wall where the 
pile of fresh dirt may escape notice; and after other passages 
are made from the chamber to the surface the original opening 
is perhaps blocked with earth from the inside and abandoned. 
Piles of newly dug earth are always to be found in the vicinity 
of the chipmunk’s home, but almost invariably at a distance from 
any burrow, often so far away in fact that it is difficult to con- 
ceive how they could have been constructed, even in the manner 
just described. 
I am inclined to think that it is a common practice among 
chipmunk’s to carry all the dirt removed in their cheek-pouches 
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