CONY, LITTLE CHIEF HARE or PIKA 



Ochotona princeps. 



This small animal, known as the "calling," "crying," or "piping'' 

 hare, because of the shrill whistle, which serves both as the ordinary 

 speech of these gregarious little creatures, and with a slight varia- 

 tion, as their note of warning, is really not a typical hare at all, but 

 has a family name peculiar to itself. It is found throughout the 

 western mountain ranges from Alaska to northern California and 

 lives up among the peaks, seldom being seen below timber line. At 

 these high elevations it makes its home, either in a natural crevice 

 or a burrow formed among or between the rocks, coming forth occa- 

 sionally to sun itself on the sloping ledges, but usually preferring 

 the darkness for its working-time. 



And, indeed, it must have to work hard to pick up a living from 



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