Dark facial stripes blackish mixed with rusty brown. Tail, below 

 pale orange, bordered with black and fringed with yellowish. 



Bri-e<iiiig Pchige. Above ash gray tinged with yellowish; sides 

 pale yellowish: dark dorsal stripes with less rufous, median light 

 ones ashy, outer ones white. 



Meaiiii€nun/s. Average total length. 206; tail to end of hairs, 

 92; hind foot, 32. 



f.—neglectus. {Tamias), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.. 1891, 

 p. 106. 



Ty/fe locality. Eastern end of Lake Superior, mouth of Montreal 

 River. 



Geogr. Distr. Northeastern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, 

 northern peninsula of Michigan, and northern shore of Lake Supe- 

 rior. 



Geiil. Char. Similar to T. oorfalls, but colors much brighter; 

 size larger. 



Color. Posl-breeding Pelage. Above gray; sides redder than in 

 T. borealis, and less gray on rump and thighs; lower lateral dark 

 stripe blacker. 



Measurements. Total length. 204; tail vertebra', 97; hind foot, 31. 



96. minimis. (Tainias), Bachm.. |our. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1839, 

 p. 71. 



Type locality. Green River, southwestern Wyoming. 



Geogr. Distr. Bad Lands and plains of Dakota, Montana, and 

 Wyoming. 



Genl. Cliar. Colors pale; size small; ears medium. 



Color. Post-breeding Pelage. Above light graj- and rusty, 

 except on thighs and rump; sides ochraceous buff; under parts gray- 

 ish white. Median dorsal stripe edged with rusty; others pale rusty 

 yellow and black; central light stripes whitish gray, outer ones white. 

 Indistinct grayish white post-auricular patch. Tail, above blackish, 

 below ochraceous bordered with black, fringed with ochraceous. 



Breeding Pelage. Similar to above, but all colors much faded. 

 Upper parts pale \ellowish white; dark streak yellowish brown. 

 Tail, beneath pale yellowish white. 



Measurements. Average total length, 200; tail vertebra, .S5; 

 hind foot, 29. 



a. — consobrinus. (Tamias). Allen, Mon. N. Am. Rodent., 1SS7, p. 

 793 (Part). 



Type locality. Wahsatch foothills near Salt Lake City, L'tah. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern border of the Great Basin, eastern Utah, 

 western and southern Colorado, and northwestern New Mexico. 



