The pouches are of first importance in collecting his winter 

 supplies, for, although he hibernates most of the time from Novem- 

 ber to April, he always has enough and to spare for his late fall and 

 early spring banquets. As to food materials he differs little from 

 the rest of his kindred, except that he surely is less guilty than they 

 are in robbing birds' nests, and more guilty in trespassing upon the 

 farmers' crops, as he has a particular fondness for digging up newly 

 planted corn. His only defense must be that the farmer owes him 

 this return for the large number of larvae of insects, which he con- 

 sumes during his busy summer. 



In the matter of dwelling, however, the little chipmunk sur- 

 passes all his kind in cleverness. A hole several feet deep is dug 

 straight down into the earth, then a passageway is run out at right 

 angles to this for three feet or more, after which it takes a turn up- 

 ward and opens on the main chamber. From this chamber may lead 

 off other ways of access to the surface and tunnels, where the winter 



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