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21 caterpillars and lepidopterous pupae, 60 percent; 1 tipulid larva and 6 

 Bib io larvae, 4 percent; 2 beetles (Cryobius sp.) ; 1 ichneumonid and a 

 spider, trace; 2 berries (Vaccinium sp.) 2 percent; a few leaves of Empetrum 

 nigrum and other vegetable matter, 34 percent. 



In 1937, Scheffer noted that on Kavalga Island the ground 

 squirrels were cutting out the basal parts of Anernone narcissi- 

 flora and Ligusticum above the roots. In 1938, on Unalaska Is- 

 land, he noted again that ground squirrels were eating out the 

 center of basal parts of stems of the anemone, and he found 

 wilted tops and outer layers of stems near the burrows. 



On Kavalga Island, the blue foxes feed to some extent on 

 ground squirrels, and on Alaska Peninsula the Alaska brown 

 bears dig them out of their burrows. 



Citellus parryii nebulicola 



This form occupies the Shumagin Islands, and was observed on 

 Nagai, Simeonof, and Koniuji Islands in this group. 



Citellus kodiacensis: Ground Squirrel 



Howell (1938, p. 103) considered this form distinct enough to 

 be a full species. Its range is confined to Kodiak Island. 



There is a peculiar circumstance connected with this species. 

 Howell refers to Osgood's statement that the ground squirrels of 

 Kodiak Island were introduced from North Semidi Island (Os- 

 good obtained this information from a native). Petroff (1884, 

 p. 139) states that "The animal [ground squirrel] does not exist 

 on the island of Kodiak, but abounds on some of the smaller is- 

 lands." And again, 1936, Petellin, of Afognak, informed us that 

 ground squirrels occur on Chirikof and Semidi Islands and on 

 Marmot Island, but none are on Kodiak or Afognak Islands. Yet, 

 Howell records 45 specimens from Kodiak Island. There is a 

 confusion here that should be cleared up when an opportunity 

 is offered. During our short visits on Kodiak and Afognak Is- 

 lands, in 1936 and 1937, we did not see the ground squirrel, but, 

 in 1938, Scheffer obtained two specimens at KodiaJ 



Tamiasciurus hudsonicus: Red Squirrel 

 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus kenaiensis 



Osgood (1904, p. 30) expressed the distribution of red squirrels 

 very well when he said — 



Red squirrels were found sparingly in the timbered regions. . . . This scarcity 

 of red squirrels is doubtless because they reach the extreme western limit 

 of their range in this region. Specimens were taken at the following localities : 



