110 • CITELLUS. 



212. Citellus beringensis (Merriam). 



Spermophilus beringensis Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., ii, 

 1900, p. 20. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 91. Zool. Ser. 

 Bering's Spermophile. 



Type locality. Cape Lisbourne, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Northern Alaska. 



213. Citellus osgoodi (Merriam). 



Spermophilus osgoodi Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 11, 1900, 

 p. 18. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 91. Zool. Ser. 

 Osgood's Spermophile. 



Type locality. Fort Yukon, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Northern Alaska. , 



214. Citellus barrowensis (Merriam). 



Spermophilus barrowensis Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 11, 

 1900, p. 19. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 91. Zool. Ser. 

 Barrow's Spermophile. 



Type locality. Point Barrow, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Northwestern Alaska. 



215. Citellus stonii Allen. 



Citellus stonei Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1903, p. 



537- 

 Stone's Spermophile. 



Type locality. Wrangel Island, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genl. Char. Size large; colors gray and rufous. 



Color. Above gray suffused with rufous, increasing in intensity 

 on lower back and rump, the hairs being black basally, then a bright 

 buff band, then a dark brown band suffused with rusty, and tip white ; 

 among these are dispersed long black hairs; front of hairs rusty 

 cinnamon; posterior half rusty and blackish; sides of face and neck 

 gray; arms paler gray and buffy; sides of shoulders suffused with 

 pale rufous; thighs pale rufous; feet above deep rusty, beneath 

 gray; front and sides of nose, underside of head, throat, breast, and 

 inside of arms whitish; ventral surface washed with pale rufous; 

 tail above at base tinged with rusty, rest gray, bordered with black 

 and fringed broadly with pale yellowish white, and a broad subapical 

 band of black; beneath pale brownish rusty, with a black subapical 

 band and a yellowish white fringe. 



