Quadrupeds procured hy Captain Franklin. 519 



Dimens. Length of head and body 27| inches j of head ^ ; 

 of tail 8i inches. 



Si/n, Hoary Marmot. Penn., Hist. Quad. 2. p. 398. Whistler. 

 Harmon's Journey^ p. 427. 



Hab. The Rocky Mountains. 



9. Arctomys (Speumophilus) LkTERALis, UkeA in Utfoque 

 latere luteo-albA nigro marginuta. 



Say's Marmot, with a yellowish white stripe bordered ^ith 

 black on each flank. 



Syn. Sciurus lateralis. Say, Long^s Expedition 2. p. 46. 



This animal has the cheek pouches, claws and habits of the 

 Spermophili, 



Hab. The Rocky Mountains and plains near their bases. 



10. Sciurus (Tamias) quadritittatus. (Say.) 



Four banded Squirrel. Sciurus quadrivittatus. Say, Long's 

 Exped. 2. p. 45. 



This Squirrel has the cheek poifcheS and mafinersf of the Sciurus 

 Lysteri. (Ray). 



Hab. Bushy places. Canada to lat. 56". 



11. Pteromys Sabrinus, supra ex ruhicundo fuscus, cauda 

 planiuscula corpus subcequanti^ lobo membrance volitantis rotundato. 



Severn River flying squirrel, (Pennant,) pale reddish 

 brown above; tail flattish, nearly as long as the body; flying 

 membrane with a rounded lobe behind the wrist. 



Syn, Sciurus Sabrinus. Shaw, Zool. ii. part i. p. 157. 



Greater flying Squirrel. Forster, Phil. Trans. 6^. 

 Severn River flying Squirrel. Penn., Hist. Quad. p. 418. 

 Dimens. Size of Siberian flying Squirrel. 

 Hab. Upper Canada and Hudson's Bay. 



12. Pteromys alpinus, supra luteo-fuscus^ cauda planet fuli^ 

 gined nigraque corpus longitudine excedente^ margine membrance 

 volitantis recto. 



