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The surface is in many places undermined by this species to such 

 an extent that a horse will repeatedly break through, thus mak- 

 ing travelling both very tedious and unpleasant. 



Thomomys talpoides, var. hulhivorus, Rich. 

 Pacific Pocket Gopher. 

 Diplostoma ? hulhivorum. Rich. 

 Geomys Douglassii., Rich. 



Southern portion of British Columbia. 



SCIUROPTERUS VOLUCELLA, Pollas. 



Yar. IIudso7iius, Gmel. 



Northern Flying Squirrel. 

 Pteromys sabri7ius, Rich. 

 Pteromys sahrimis, var. B. aljyinics, Rich. 

 Pteromys Oregonensis,, Bach. 



Sa-ka-skan-da-wa-si, (a thing that sticks close to any- 

 thing). Saulteaux. 



From the Atlantic to the Pacific as far north as Hudson's 

 Bay, Great Slave Lake and Fort Liard. 



SciURUS HuDSONius, Pollas. 



Red Squirrel. Chickaree. 

 A-ni-wa-chask. Cree. 

 A-chit-a-moo. Saulteaux. 



From the Atlantic westward to the Rocky Mountains and 

 northward to the northern limit of trees. 

 Yar. Riohardsoni^ Bach. 

 Rocky Mountains to the Cascade Range in the vicinity of 

 the International Boundary Line. 

 Yar. Douglassi^ Gray. 



Sciurus Hudsonius^ var. /3, Rich. 

 Coast of British Columbia. 



