TAMIAS SPERMOFHILUS. 81 



Gciil. Char. Similar to 7'. s/riatiis, but rump and tliighs bright red. 



Color. Top of head j'ellosvish brown; shoulders and upper parts 

 of back yellowish gray, grading into reddish on lower back; rump 

 and thighs bright red; flanks and sides of thighs pale yellowish; 

 under parts white. Two black dorsal stripes, two yellowish white. 

 Tail, above red at base, then black and graj' mixed fringed with yel- 

 lowish white; beneath reddish brown bordered with black and fringed 

 with yellowisli white. 



.\ftijsureiiu-iits. Total length, 254; tail \'ertebra-, 7(); hind foot, 35. 



b —^riseus. {7',i»i/ti.f). Mearns, Bull. .\n\. Mus. Nat. Hist., iMcji. 

 p. 231. 



'/y/>f locality. Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 



Gfogr. Dislr. Upper Mississippi Valley, west of Great Lakes. 



Genl. Char. Large, stout; black markings pronounced; other 

 colors subdued. 



Color. Spring Pelage. Above gray and black; forehead chest- 

 nut; lower back and rump ferruginous. Cheeks, flanks, and thighs 

 pale yellowish; under parts white. , Dorsal stripes black, white one 

 on either side, between two outer black ones. Tail, above ferrugi- 

 nous at base, rest mixed black and white: beneath fulvous bordered 

 with black and fringed with white. 



.Measurements. Average total length, 261; tail vertebr;e, 103; 

 hind foot, 36.3. 



c.—ucnustus. {Tauiias), Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1S96, p. 137. 



Type locality. Stillwell, Indian Territory. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from type locality. 



Genl. Char. Size equal to 7". .i,'-;-W(V/.f.- colors bright: dorsal bands 

 short. 



Color. Upper surface dark gray; limbs chestnut rufous; flanks 

 yellowish gray; under parts yellowish white. Dorsal stripes black, 

 light ones yellowish white; face suffused with chestnut rufous; facial 

 stripes inconspicuous. Tail, above mixed black and white, beneath 

 cinnamon rufous bordered with black and fringed with whitish. 



.^feasiirements. Total length, 260; tail vertebr;e, 100; hind 

 foot, 37. 



88. Sperinophiliis. 



I. t^; p. IJJ; M. ^:^ = 22. 



3permophilus. F. C'uv. Mem. Mus., 1822, vi, p. 293. Type. A/ns 

 citilliis, Linn. 

 Spermatophiliis. Wagl. Syst. Amph., 1830, p. 22. 

 Citilliis. Lichten. Darst. neuer odcr wenig bekannt. Siiugeth., 

 1827-34, pi. xxxi, fig. 2. 



