C1TELLUS. 149 



macronnis (Spermophilus), Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1833, p. 41. 

 buccatus Licht., Abh. K. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1827, p. 115. 

 LONG-TAILED SPERMOPHILE. 



Type locality. "California adjoining Mexico. " State of Jalisco? 

 Geogr. Distr. State of Jalisco, Mexico. (J. A. Allen.) 

 Gcnl. Char. Size large, color dark. 



FlG. XXXI. ClTELLUS (OTOSPERMOPHILUS) VARIEGATUS. 

 LONG-TAILED SPERMOPHILE. 



Color. Above mixed black and brownish gray; crown black; lips 

 and chin ferrugineous ; under parts ferrugineous varied with black ; 

 tail black washed with white, with an irregular black border edged 

 with whitish, and subapical black band. 



Measurements. Total length, 470-485; tail vertebrae, 178; to 

 end of hairs, 216; hind foot, 56-63. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 65; 

 Hensel, 53; zygomatic width, 39.5; interorbital width, 16.5; palatal 

 length, 31 ; length of upper molar series, 13.5. 



(i. grannnurus (Sciurus], Say, Long's Exped. Rocky Mts., n, 

 1823, p. 72. 



couchi Baird, N. Am. Mamm., 1855, p. 311, pi. Si. 



grammurus (Spermophilus) Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 88. 

 BUSHY-TAILED SPERMOPHILE. 



Type locality. Purgatory Creek, Colorado, lat. 37 32'; long. 

 103 30'- 



Geogr. Distr. State of Sonora, Mexico, north to Parks of Central 

 Colorado. 



Genl. Char. Tail long, full, bushy; ears large; body large, stout; 

 soles of feet smooth. 



Color. Crown speckled black and white, or brown, black and 

 white; above gray, mottled with brownish white and black, washed 

 posteriorly with brown; sides of neck and flanks purer gray; inside 

 of limbs brownish white or buff; under parts pale yellowish white; 



