March, 1904. Mammals of Southern California — Elliot. 287 



"About the high meadows near Mt. Whitney this was one of 

 the most abundant mammals. Above 10,000 feet it becomes 

 rare, and is seldom seen near timber-line. Near Big Cotton- 

 wood Creek it was common on bushy hillsides, about manzanita 

 and mountain mahogany chaparral. Few were seen below 

 8,000 feet, they being apparently most numerous above the 

 belt of black pine. 



Tamias panamintinus. 



Tamias panamintinus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1893, 

 p. 134. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 74. 



57 Examples: 17 Hannopee Canon, 17 Coal Kilns, 9 Beveridge 

 Canon, 13 summit of the range east of Lone Pine, Panamint 

 Mountains. 



"In the Panamints this chipmunk was fairly common from 

 the lower edge of the Juniper Belt, or 7,000 feet elevation, to 

 the summit of the range. During May and June, when our 

 observations were made the species was feeding on the seeds of 

 the juniper, most of those secured having their cheek pouches 

 filled with the nuts. It was also abundant on the Inyo Moun- 

 tains from 6,000 to 9,000 feet altitude. It descends about 1,000 

 feet below the Pinon Belt, following the brush along streams. 

 In the drier part of the range it came to the springs daily about 

 noon, coming down the canon sides slowly and cautiously, and 

 stopping often to utter its sharp, chattering alarm notes. Above 

 the Juniper Belt they were found commonly in the limber and 

 bristle-cone pines." 



Tamias minimus alpinus. 



Tamias m. alpinus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1893, p. 137. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 79. 



26 Specimens: 12 Big Cottonwood Meadows, 1 Little Cotton- 

 wood Meadows, 5 Whitney Meadows, 6 Whitney Creek, 2 Mt. 

 Corcoran. 



"In the elevated valleys near Mt. Whitney this was the most 

 abundant chipmunk. It is especially common at timber-line, 

 where it lives amid the gray granite boulders, to which its pale 

 coloration is well suited. Wherever found it usually occurs 

 among rocks rather than about logs and timber. The species 

 was seldom seen below 9,000 feet. A few were seen as far south 

 as Olancha Peak, which marks the southern extremity of timber- 

 line peaks and also the range of the species." 



