St SPERMOPHILU3. 



loi. castanurus. (Tamias), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 4, iSgo, p. ig. 



Type loialily. Park City, Wahaatch Mountains, Utah. 



Geogr. Distr. Washsatch Mountains, Utah. 



Genl. Char. Inner black stripe large as outer ; mantle ferruginous 

 chestnut. 



Color. Head and shoulders ferruginous chestnut, sides of neck 

 lighter ; rump and outer side of leg suffused with reddish brown ; two 

 black and one light stripe on sides; under parts dusky yellowish; feet 

 above whitish. Tail above yellow, black and reddish brown mixed 

 and edged with fulvous ; beneath deep chestnut bordered with black. 



.\[c'asjireinents. Total length, 284; tail vertebra:, 92; hind foot, 43. 



102. chrysodeirus. [Tainias), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 4, 1890, p. ig. 

 Type locality. Fort Klamath, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Oregon, northern California and western Nevada. 



Gcnl. Char. Inner stripe large as outer ; mantle ochraceous. 



Color. Top pf head rusty chestnut ; sides of face, neck and 

 shoulders ochraceous ; this color more extensive in some specimens 

 than in others ; back grizzled gray ; rump brownish gray ; two black 

 and one yellowish stripe along top of sides ; flanks pale }'ellow och- 

 raceous ; under parts j'ellowish white, the plumbeous at base of hairs 

 showing through. Tail above black and yellow mixed, fringe yellow- 

 ish ; beneath ferruginous bordered with black and fringed with pale 

 ferruginous. Color of tail beneath varies greatly among individuals. 



Measurements. Total length, 280 ; tail vertebra, 95 ; hind foot, 

 41 ; ear, 23. 



a^ber'nardinu,'!. [Spermophilus), Nelson, Science, 1898, Dec, p. 782. 



brevicaudus. Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1893, p. 134. 



Type locality. San Bernardino, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern California. 



Genl. Char. Similar to T. chrysodeirus, but tail and hind foot 

 shorter. 



Color. Head and neck to shoulders dull fulvous ; white stripe 

 and two black ones on sides of back ; back and rump grizzled gray 

 with a brown tinge. Tail above, basal half grizzled gray ; remainder 

 black edged with fulvous ; beneath chestnut bordered with black and 

 fringed with fulvous. Hind feet whitish. 



Measurements. Total length, 242 ; tail vertebrae, 77 ; hind foot, 

 34 ; ear, 16. 



103. wortmani. [Tamias), Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1895, 



P- 335- 

 Type locality. Kinnev Ranch, Bitter Creek, Wyoming. 

 Geogr. Distr. Wyoming, limits of range unknown. 



