Show kY Are Are Neat and Trim I Or Of aft squirrels the chipmunk Is the f favorite Rarely does one pass along a 1 path lath but that he can be seen at great speed or taking an I observation from one of the man many manyi i stumps st scattered about Such a cheerful cheer cheer- ful tul little fellow as he is is and always and neat looking In his striped coat I. I The chipmunk has one valuable possession pos pos- I session that neither of his larger Vf jv Ins can boast This is a pair of fUrt fur fur- t V r I I. I tined lined pockets his cheek pouches Hav- Hav 5 Ing so a place to carry them In may be one reason why he gathers eo BO many nuts seeds and grains He lays up the largest winter stores of any of the squirrel family So plentifully does he provide that he can sleep all winter if It he chooses with an occasional Journey under under- the snow to his storehouse storehouse store store- house while the gray squirrel and the red squirrel are generally generall obliged to tomake tomake make many foraging expeditions between between be be- tween autumn and spring Less provident is the Hying squirrel for to the smallest store of any of the squirrel tribe This most won won- derf l little lItile has a fur covered membrane on each side ot oC his bod body which when his legs are spread stretches between the tore fore and hind wrists When he wishes to pass from one tree to another he mounts to the top spreads his parachute or In other othe words worde stretches his legs as fill far art apar as possible and gives a a. flying leap He glides smoothly and swiftly through th thair the theall all air on 01 an Inclined plane for severa SI yards then with a a. movement of hi his broad broad- feathery tall acting like a rudder rud rud- der moves upward an Instant an and as softly as a feather on th the tree he started for I i The flying squirrel is rather Incline I Ito to be lazy and is pleased if he can dis dla- tl cover over a hole mae made by y a woodpecker ke In I Which t build his winter snuggery He lines ines it with leaves bark and nd s sometimes sleeps in It for tor weeks Here the babies babies may be born bornn I In n early spring queer little tots weak Ian nd 1 Their whiskers are the first lairs hairs to appear and It is a month b be- be fore ore they are able to see If the flying squirrels be an ambitious ous us par r they will build a summer home hom of f leaves and twigs twig's similar to the gray squirrels The They prefer swampy land and nd often build on the gray birches that r In l lowlands As As' As they prefer mo moonlight to sunshine and seldom go broad abroad by day you will not be likely to have ave the pleasure pleasure- of becoming acquainted ac- ac with them unless you seek th hem m in their own wn ha haunts |