Vol. XXV, pp. 129-130 July 31, 1912 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



THE WARNER MOUNTAIN CONY. 



BY .1. GRIN NELL. 

 1 \. contribution from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of < California.] 



Ochotona schisticeps was the first cony described from Califor- 

 nia (see Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, No. 2, 1889, p. 11). The 

 type locality is Dormer, Placer County, and the form repre- 

 sented there doubtless occurs on most suitable parts of the 

 high central Sierra Nevada. Quite recently (Grinnell, Univ. 

 Calif. Publ. Zool., vol. 10, 1012, p. 125) the cony of the Mount 

 Whitney region was distinguished by the name Ochotona albatm. 

 Further examination of available material shows that the cony 

 of the Warner Mountains of extreme northeastern California, 

 and hence of detached habitat from the main Sierran fauna, 

 merits recognition by name. This is here done, as follows : 



Ochotona taylori sp. nov. 



Type.—c? ad., No. 11,292, Univ. Calif. Mus. Vert. Zool.; Warren 

 Peak, 9000 ft. alt., Warner Mts., Modoc Co., Calif.; July IS, 1910; col- 

 lected by W. P. Taylor and II. C. Bryant; original No. 3885. 



Geneial characters. — Closely similar to Ochotona xchixticeps in size and 

 form, hut differs from this species in tone of coloration, being distinctly 

 darker and browner both above and below. 



Coloration. — Like 0. schisticeps; black tippings to hairs all over dorsal 

 surface greater in extent; brown tones deeper, approximating Vandyke 

 brown, this, mixed with black, pervading the head so that the latter 

 region is hut very faintly paler or grayer than the rest of the body; sides 

 warmer brown, nearer mars brown, this deepening over shoulders and 

 thence around to the under surface, so that there is a conspicuous deep 

 russet gular area; chin grayish, j )U j res ^ f ventral surface pervaded with 

 deep clay color, blending with the brown of throat and sides; tops of 

 both front and hind feet slightly more dusky and brown-washed than in 

 schisticeps. 



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