M \.M MAI.S OF II! I M KM CAN BOX] NDARY. 



307 



9, 1X1)4. They were subsequently taken in the Tule, Granite, and (iila 

 mountains. As wo traveled north from Tinajas Altas, east of the 

 ( iila Mountains, it was last noted on the plain midway bet u een Tinajas 

 Altas and Adonde, on the Gila River, and was not again seen until we 

 reached Gila City on thte Gila River at the northern extremity of the 

 (iila Mountains. None were observed on the lower course of the 

 Colorado River. 



During February, 1894, the rock-squirrel was found in abund- 

 ance in the vicinity of Tinajas Altas. numbers having been attracted 

 to the locality from the surrounding country by the grain spilled 

 by the draft animals of the Survey. A single trap, conspicuously 

 placed on a rock near mv tent, kept me fully occupied with skinning 



Fig. 48.— Ammospermophilus harrisii saxicola. (Type, Cat. no. 59869, Q.S.N.M.) a, Dorsal 

 view; 6, Ventral view; c. Lateral view. 



specimens of it which were caught. In the Granite Mountains its 

 capacious cheek-pouches were usually distended with mesquite seed-. 

 Three females, taken February 16 to 19, 1894, each contained 6 large 

 fetuses, showing that the young are born with some uniformity late 

 in February, as no young were seen up to that season. 



Measurements of 58 specimens of the Ammospermophilus harrisii group. 



Museum num- 

 ber. 



Locality. 



ai2155 

 a 2234 

 « 2235 

 2236 

 2237 

 a 2238 

 fi2239 



a 2240 



"2241 



In skin. 

 In skin. 

 In skin. 

 In skin. 

 In skin. 

 In skin. 



93 

 94 

 107 

 125 

 129 

 130 

 L50 



151 



152 



Alliums), , nnophilu8 harrisii. 



Fori Verde, Arizona 



....do 



....do 



do 



do 



do 



12 miles east of Peach Springs, 

 Mohave county, Arizona. 



do 



do 



1884. 

 Apr. 8 

 Apr. 15 

 June 26 

 Sept. 10 

 Sept. 19 

 ....do.. 

 Nov. 20 



.do., 

 .do.. 



Sex and 

 age. 



_ > 



d ad. 



' ad. 

 9 juv. 



fad. 



' ad. 

 Vjuv. 



9 ad. 



, ad. 



H 



mm. 



251 

 235 



190 

 243 



•J 1 7 



21 I 

 217 

 221 

 232 



mm. 

 86 

 80 

 67 

 80 

 70 



70 

 53 

 66 

 75 



o c 



mm. 



36. 4 



35 



:> 



5 a 



- > 

 jig 



n 



