chitmunk

This, with the tapping of the red-headed and grey woodpeckers on the trunk of the decaying trees, or the shrill whistling cry of the little striped squirrel, called by the natives "chitmunk," was every sound that broke the stillness of the wild.

The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

[Footnote: It is not quite certain that the chitmunk is a true squirrel, and he is sometimes called a striped rat.

Lady Mary and her Nurse Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

[Footnote: It is not quite certain that the chitmunk is a true squirrel, and he is sometimes called a striped rat.

In the Forest Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

My uncle had a tame chitmunk that was much attached to him; it lived in his pocket or bosom; it was his companion by day and by night.

Lady Mary and her Nurse Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

The old chitmunk told him he might come and get them, if he could.

Lady Mary and her Nurse Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

The chattering note of the little striped chitmunk, as it pursued its fellows over the fallen trees, and the hollow sound of the male partridge heavily striking his wings against his sides to attract the notice of the female birds -- were among the early spring melodies, for such they seemed to our forest dwellers, and for such they listened with eager ears, for they told them --

Canadian Crusoes Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

Whittington's cat: neither mouse nor chitmunk has dared intrude within our log-walls since she made her appearance; the very crickets, that used to distract us with their chirping from morning till night, have forsaken their old haunts.

The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

The little chitmunk does not live in trees, but burrows in the ground, or makes its nest in some large hollow log.

Lady Mary and her Nurse Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

With the exception of the aforesaid chitmunk, no living thing crossed our path during our long day's journey in the woods.

The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

The chitmunk is not so large as the black, red, or grey squirrels.

Lady Mary and her Nurse Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850