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than inner, which is much the same color as grizzle of neck and 

 shoulders ; whole back sprinkled with black and reddish hairs, the 

 latter most numerous along the edges of the dark stripes. 



Adult female in worn winter pelage (No. 4,601, Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Tung Ching Tzu, Pechili, China, 

 May 30, 1897. Skin considerably over-stuffed) : ground color 

 throughout much paler than in the type, rump scarcely tinged with 

 reddish ; dark stripes on both head and body more conspicuous ; 

 the second dorsal stripe black in middle, the median white stripes 

 paler ; tail much less bushy but similar in arrangement of colors, 

 except at base where new hairs are coming in. The other specimen 

 ( $ ad. No. 4,602, Sian Lang Kou, Pechili, China, June 18, 1897), 

 likewise in worn winter pelage is similar to the last, but a shade less 

 pallid. • 



Measurements. — The material at hand furnishes a rather unsatis- 

 factory basis for measurements. The following, however, are fairly 

 accurate. 



Number sex total length tail hind foot front foot 



m.m. m.m. m.m. m.m. 



83,395 9 297 127 40 24 



4.601 9 38 22 



4.602 $ — 38 23 



The 'Fort Ulba' specimen measures: hind foot, 36; front foot, 



20. 



General remarks. — The cranial characters of Eutamias senescens 

 have been sufficiently described by Mr. Rhoads in his paper, to 

 which reference has already been made. 



This paper is published here by permission of the Secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institution. 



