I once found about a peck and a half of weed 

 seeds. Even during the summer the chipmunk 

 occasionally does not come forth for a day or 

 two. On some of these occasions I have found 

 that they were in a heavy sleep in their beds. 



These in my yard are fed so freely upon pea- 

 nuts that they have come to depend upon them 

 for winter supplies. They prefer raw to roasted 

 peanuts. The chipmunk near my cabin some- 

 times becomes a little particular and will occa- 

 sionally reject peanuts that are handed to her 

 with the shell on. Commonly, however, she 

 grabs the nut with both fore paws, then, stand- 

 ing erect, rapidly bites away the shell until the 

 nut is reached. This she usually forces into her 

 cheek pocket with both hands. Her cheek 

 pouches hold from twelve to twenty of these. 

 As soon as these are filled she hurries away to 

 deposit her stores in her underground granary. 

 One day she managed to store twenty-two, and 

 her cheek pouches stood out abnormally ! With 

 this "swelled" and uncouth head she hurried 

 away to deposit the nuts in her storehouse, but 

 when she reached the hole her cheeks were so 



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