SCIDEIDiE— SPERMOrniLUS GRAMMtJIiUS AND VARIETIES. 827 



Spcrmophilus grammurus var. grammurus Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 293. 



Spermophilus couchii Baird, Proo. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 332; Mam. N. Amer. 1857,311, pi. lxxxi, 



fig. 3, skull (melanistic form). 

 Spermophilus buckleyi Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18GI, 314 (melanistic form). 



Var. BEECHEYI. 



Californian Lined tailed Spcrmophile; Californian "Ground Squirrel". 



Arctomys (Spermophilus) beecheyi Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 170, pi. xii, B; Zool. Beechey's 

 Voyage, Mam. 1839, 8. 



Arctomys beecheyi Wagner, Suppl. Schreber's Siiuget. pi. ccx, E. 



Spcrmophilus beecheyi " F. Cuvier, Suppl. Buffon, i, Mam. 1831,331 ".—Brandt, Bull. Classe Physico-math. 

 Acad. Imp. Sci. St. P<5tersb. ii, 1844, 380.— Schinz, Syn. Mam. ii, 1845, 67.— Baird, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 334 ; Mara. N. Amer. 1857, 307, pi. iii, fig. 2, animal ; pi. xlvi, fig. 3, 

 skull.— Cooper, Nat. Hist. Wash. Ter. pt. iii, 1859, 81.— Cooper, Amer. Nat. iii, 1869, 183 — 

 Scckley & Gibbs, Nat. Hist. Wash. Ter. pt. iii, 1859, 122 (Northern California).— Coues, 

 Amer. Nat. i, 1867, 359 (habits) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, 134.— Hensiiaw, Ann. Kep. 

 Chf. Engineers for 1876, App. JJ, 1876, 311. 



Spermophilus grammurus var. beecheyi Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 293. 



SpermophiluB macrurus Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. i, 1833, 41 (melanistic phase).— Wagner, Suppl. 

 Schreber's Siiuget. iii, 1843, 245 (compiled).— Brandt, Bull. Classe Physico-math. Acad. Imp. 

 Sci. St. Pdtersb. ii, 1844, 380 (compiled).— Schinz, Syn. Mam. ii, 1845, 67 (compiled).— 

 Audubon & Bachman, Quad. N. Amer. iii, 1853, 181, pi. exxxix (compiled). 



Sciurus (Macroxus) cali/ornicus Lesson, Descr. de Mam. et d'Ois. Nouv. 1847, 143. — (See also Baird, Mam. 

 N. Amer. 1857, 280.) 



Var. douglassi. 



Douglass's Lined-tailed Spcrmophile; Oregon "Ground Squirrel". 



Arctomyst (SpermophUns?) douglassi Richardson, Faun. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 172; Zool. Beechey's Voy. 

 Mam. 1839, 8. 



Spcrmophilus douglassi "F. Cuvier, Suppl. Buffon, i, Mam. 1831, 333 ".—Wagner, Suppl. Schreber's 

 Siiuget. iii, 1843, 247.— Brandt, Bull. Classe Physico-math. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pe'tersb. ii, 

 1844, 380.— Schinz, Syn. Mam. ii, 1845, 68.— Audubon & Bachman, Quad. N. Amer. i, 1846, 

 373, pi. xlix.— Baird, Mam. N. Amer. 1857, 309, pi. xlv, fig. 1, skull— Sucklev, Nat. Hist. 

 Wash. Ter. pt. iii, 1859, 98.— Sucklev & Gibbs, Nat. Hist. Wash. Terr. pt. iii, 1859, 122. 



Spmnophilus grammurus var. douglassi Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 293. 



Var. GRAMMURUS. 



Rocky Mountain Lined-tailed Spermophile. 



Varietal chars. — Length of head and body about 12.00 ; of tail to end 

 of vertebrae about 8.00 ; to end of hairs 9.00. Above, coarsely mottled with 

 white or brownish-white and black, giving' the general effect of gray; gener- 

 ally, the gray is purest anteriorly, where the light and dark tints are in strong 

 contrast; the posterior half of the dorsal surface generally more or less 

 strongly washed with brown, where the white is partly or wholly replaced by 

 yellowish-brown and the black by dark brown. The hairs are black at the 

 base and tip, with a broad subterminal zone of whitish, which, in different 

 specimens, varies from pure white to reddish-brown. Feet gray. The gray 

 is also purer on the sides of the body and neck. Below, pale yellowish- 



