. St. Nicholas [serial] . THIRTEEN-LINED SPERMOPHlLB. to bay, is sociable in habit like the prairiedog, can climb bushes four feet high, and is theonly mammal known to me that really prefersto burrow in wet, boggy ground. The Sewellel is so differentfrom all othercreatures thatthe two speciesnow known oc-cupy a familyall by them-selves. TheNisqually In-dians say it wasthe first animalcreated. Thelarger of the two species measures sixteen inchesin length, and weighs four pounds. This strange creature was discovered byLewis and Clark in 1814. Its life history andcharacter remained but little kno
. St. Nicholas [serial] . THIRTEEN-LINED SPERMOPHlLB. to bay, is sociable in habit like the prairiedog, can climb bushes four feet high, and is theonly mammal known to me that really prefersto burrow in wet, boggy ground. The Sewellel is so differentfrom all othercreatures thatthe two speciesnow known oc-cupy a familyall by them-selves. TheNisqually In-dians say it wasthe first animalcreated. Thelarger of the two species measures sixteen inchesin length, and weighs four pounds. This strange creature was discovered byLewis and Clark in 1814. Its life history andcharacter remained but little known, even tonaturalists, until 1885. In that year Dr. Merriam instigated a search for it, whichresulted in the capture of a fine series of speci-mens in Placer County, California. 6oS JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. [May,
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