L08 CITELLUS. 



>pli Hits cmpctra Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 n, igoi, p. 8g. Zool. Ser. (nee Pallas.) 

 PARRY'S SPERMOPHI] 



TV pc locality. Five Hawser Hay, Lynn Inlet, Melville Penin- 

 sula, Keewatin, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Antic America from Melville Peninsula to Icy 

 Cape, Bering Sea, southwest along the Yukon River for a consid- 

 erable distance, and in the east to the verge of the Barren Grounds, 

 Latitude 65. 



n. Cili'lliix iiitrri/i k-mliiu'i nxix (Allen). 



Spermophilus parrvi var. kodiacensis Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 



Hist., xvi, 1^74, ]). 292. 

 Spermophilus cmpctra var. kodiacensis Allen, Mon. X. Am. Rod., 



1877, p. 839. 

 Spermophilus empctra kadiacensis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 



F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 90, fig. 20. Zool. Ser. 

 KADIAK ISLAND SPERMOPHILE. 



Type locality. Island of Kadiak, Alaska. 

 Geogr. Distr. Kadiak Island, Alaska, only. 



209. Citellus erythroslutreus (Richardson). 



Arctomys parryi var. li. eryikrogluteia! Richard., Faun. Bor. Amer., 



Mamm., i, 1829, p.. 161. 

 ('itcllns crytliro^nlciits! Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 



1903- P- 5.S4- 

 RED-THIGH ED SPERMOPHILE. 



Type locality. Head of Elk River, Rocky Mountains. Latitude 

 57 N. 



Geogr. Distr. Fmm Klk River, British Columbia, possibly north- 

 ward to Lake Bennett. 



Genl. Char. Resembles ( '. . t >litnil>i\iii its in si/.e and general colora- 

 tion. Lower surface of tail rufous. Skull narrow, slender. 



( '<>l(>r. Mali' I'asl-l'rccilin^ 1'i'la^c. Dorsal area iron gray blntehed 

 with small white spots, the hairs tippi'd with whitish; top of nose 

 to middle of eyes bright rusty chestnut; sides of neck, shoulders, 

 forearms and thighs and the entire ventral surface deep rusty ochra- 

 ceous; central area of the tail beneath rufous. 



Measurements. Total length, .;; iS-^o ; tail vertebrae, 75-92; hind 

 foot, 47-56; ear, 11-12. 



210. Citellus plesius (Osgood). 



cmp^lra pics ins Osgood, X. Am. Faun., N<>. 19, 



*This in.-iv prove \ In- tlir same as < '. i-rytli><>xlitt t ,-:i<- Rii-lianlson. 



