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good. Scores of chipmunks are dug out and de- 

 voured. Within a quarter of a mile of my cabin 

 one October night forty-two holes were dug. 

 Another night fifty-four holes were dug near 

 by. In a number of these a few scattered drops 

 of blood showed that the coyote had made a 

 capture. In one week within a few miles of my 

 cabin I found several hundred freshly dug holes. 

 Many holes were dug directly down to the gran- 

 ary where the stores were scattered about ; and 

 others descended upon the pocket in which the 

 chipmunk was asleep. In a few places the dig- 

 ging followed along the tunnel for several yards, 

 and in others the coyote dug down into the 

 earth and then tunneled along the chipmunk's 

 tunnel for several feet before reaching the little 

 sleeper. 



So far as I know, each old chipmunk lives by 

 itself. It is, I think, rare for one to enter the 

 underground works of another. Each appears 

 to have a small local range upon the surface, 

 but this range is occasionally invaded by a 

 neighboring chipmunk. This invasion is always 

 resented, and often the invader is angrily 



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