SCIUPJD.E— SPERMOPIIILUS EMPETRA. 839 



SPERMOPHILUS EMPETRA (Pall.) Allen. 



Parry's Spcrmophilc. 



Var. EMPETEA. 



OH* canadensis Erxleben, Syst. Anim. 1777, 30:5 (in part only ; = Quebec Marmot of Pennant -)- Quebec 



Marmot of Forster). 

 Mas empctra Paixas, Nov. Spec. Glires, 1778, 74 (except the reference to Pennant's Quebec Marmot). — 



"Bodd^ert, Eleucb. Anim. i, 1784, 105." 

 Arctomys empctra Schkeber, Siiuget. iv ( 1784 ?), 743, pi. ccs (= Mus empetra Pallas, the plate from Pallas's 



type). — Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i, 1788,143 (= empetra of Pallas and Scbreber). — Shaw, Gen. 



Zoiil. ii, 1801 (same as preceding).— Desmarest, Mam. 1822, 329; and of various subsequent 



compileis. — Sabine, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, 1822, 584 (the synonymy, excluding references 



to Pennant's Quebec Marmot ; not tbe description). — Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Am. i, 1829, 



147 (iu small part only ; not the figure nor the description). 

 Arctomys parryi Richardson, Parry's Second Voyage, App. 1825, 310. — Harlan, Fauna Amcr. 1825, 170. — 



Godman, Am. Nat. Hist, ii, 182(5, 120. — H. Smith, Griffith's Cuvier's An. Kiug. v, 1827, 247.— 



Fischer, Synop. Mam. 1829, 344 —J. C. Ross, Ross's 2d Voy. 1835, App. xv (Repulse Bay). — 



Wagner, Schreber's Siiuget. pi. cxx.— Torell, Petermann's Mittheil. 1861, 57. 

 Arctomys {SpermopMlus') parryi Richardson, Faun. BoivAiner. i, 1629, 158, pi. x; Zoiil. Beechey'.s Voy. 



Mam. 1839,7. 

 SpermopMlus parryi Lesson, Man. de Mam. 1827, 244. — Brandt, Bull. Phys.-Math. Class. St. Petersb. ii, 



1844, 372.— Schinz, Syn. Mam. ii, 1845, 65.— Gikbel, Siiuget. 1855, 633 — Baird, Mam. N. Amer. 



1857, 323. 

 SpermopMlus parryi var. parryi Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 292. 

 Arctomys alpina Parry, Nar. Sec. Voy. 1825, 61 (name merely ; said by Richardson to refer to his Arctomys 



parryi), 

 Arctontys [SpermopMlus) parryi var. y, phceojnatha Richardson, Faun. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 161. 

 SpermopMlus parryi var. fphw-nognatha Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 292. 

 Arctomys lennicofti Ross, Canad. Nat. and Geo]. 1861, 434; Nat. Hist. Rev. 1862,274. 

 Quebec Marmot, Forster, Phil. Trans, lxii, 1772, 378 (not the Quebec Marmot of Pennant). 

 Ground Squirrel, Hearne, Journey, 1807, 141, 386. 



Var. KODIACENSIS. 



SpermopMlus parryi var. kodiacensis Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 292. 



Var. ERYTHROGLUTiGUS. 



Arctomys (SpermopMlus) parryi var. j3, erythroyluteia Richardson, Faun. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 161. 

 SpermopMlus parryi var. erythroghiteia Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 292. 



Var. EMPETEA 



Varietal chars.— Size of S. grammurtts, or rather larger. Length of 

 head and body 12.00 to 14.00 ; of tail to end of vertebrae 3.00 ; to end of 

 hairs about 4.50. Above mixed yellowish-brown, white, and black, the white 

 forming quite prominent squarish blotches ; sides of the head, neck, and 

 body, the limbs, and whole lower surface brownish-yellow, varying greatly 

 in intensity in different individuals; top of the head cinnamon, varying to 

 chestnut, more or less mixed with blackish. A pale ring surrounds the eyes. 



