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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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ches afford it. According to the diflFerentmonths in which they mature, it gathers its varied stores,for the most part consisting of buckwheat, hazelnuts, mapleseeds, and corn. The young are born in May, and a second litter usuallyin August. It is said the males engage in fierce combatsduring the breeding season. The beauty and gracefulness of the ground-squirrelsrender them interesting pets, but as they never become quitetame, are timid, and addicted to biting, and gnaw every-thing in the cage, they are not very desirable to keep.Their care presents no difficulties, and they thrive well onthe simplest diet of grain and fruit. C. C. Maeble. THE GOPHER* The Gopher may be found east of the Rocky Moun-tains and to the west of the Mississippi River, between thethirty-fourth and fifty-second parallel of north latitude. Itleads an underground life, digging tunnels in various direc-tions. Tunnels of old standing are packed hard and firmfrom constant use. Lateral passages branch off at inter-
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