SPERMOPHILUS. 03 



yellowish brown, mixed with black, bordered and tippetl wiili white ; 

 below reddish brown fringed with white. 



Mt-asuremcnts. Total length, 208 : tail vertebra', 45. 



a. — stephensi. {.S/c-rmo/'/it/us), Merr. , Proc. Biol, Soc. Wash., 1898, 

 p. 69. 



Type locality. Queen Station, Owens \'alley, Nevada, 6,000 feet. 



Gcogr. Distr. Nevada. 



(/'('///. Char. Similar to 5'. mollis, but head and shoulders pinkish 

 buff. 



Color. Summer Pclagi'. Head and neck to shoulders pinkish 

 buff ; below yellowish buff ; rest of upper parts vinaceous buff mixed 

 with brown ; under parts buffy. Tail above and below grizzled buff, 

 fringed with buff. 



Measurements. Total length, 209; tail \ ertebrjc. 49; hind foot, 32. 



I), -yakimensis. {Spcrmophilus), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1898, 

 p. 70. 



Type locality. Mabton, Yakima Countv, Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern Washington. 



Gcnl. Char. Like S. tiiollis, but grayer anti tail shorter. Nasals 

 long. 



Color. Above grizzled buffy gray ; cheeks and sides of neck 

 grayish tinged with yellowish : under parts pale buff. Tail grizzled 

 fulvous, like S. mollis. 



.Measurements. Total length, 215; tail vertebra:, 41S ; hind foot, 

 34.2. 



c.^canus. (Spermophilus), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., i8g8, p. 70. 



Type locality. Antelope, Wasco County, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Northern Oregon, range not determined. 



Geitl. Char. Similar to .*>■. mollis, but smaller ; shorter hind feet 

 and tail. 



Color. Above grizzled graj- and dusky : cheeks and sides of neck 

 grayish ; thighs dark, suffused with fulvous : under parts grizzled 

 buffy gray. Tail grayer than in »S". mollis. 



.\feasuremcnls. Total length, igS : tail vertebra', 40 : hind foot, 

 30.3. 



117. armatus. (.Spcrmophilus), Kennicott. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 

 Phil., 1863, p. 15S. 



Type locality. Fort Bridger, Utah. 



Geogr. Distr. Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, precise 

 range not determined. 



Genl. Char. Stout: ears large; feet large; tail short, bushy; 

 pelage soft. 



