609 Gibone CITELLUS (3) 1931 at close quarters do they seem to utter their shrill placcats whistle. Strangely I have caught males almost exclusively (In retrospect, Nos. 1809, 1860 may be 8's too). Perhaps the 8's are in the nests raising a litter of young. Some are quite fat + others lean, tho it seems time to start piling up the fat for the long winter hibernation. The "paniculus camosus" muscle is very heavy in this species, the meat is tough & the touch x has a strong odor. Aug 31 Data on spec. Mw. 1860 - It was feeding in a damp depression of land about 50 yds from its burrow toward which it ran when I surprised it. It still clutched a bunch of dead vegetation between its teeth after death. Five pairs of teats (1mngmal, 2 abdominal, 1 upper thoracic + 1 axillary). It is the first definitely identified & I have taken here at St. Hope. It had three nipples in the anus - very similar to those in the skull. One is They are located on each side