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ANIMALS OF THE OLyMpPic PentnsuLA, WASHINGTON. 
By ALBERT B. REAGAN. 
For the past three years I have been making observations on the ani- 
mals of the Olympic Peninsula as time would permit. These I give below: 
Sciurus douglast Bach. 
This is a very common squirrel. It is colored grizzly rufus to rusty; 
but in color its tail is very variable. It lives in the coniferous forest and 
feeds upon the cones. ' 
Tamias townsendi Bach. Washington Chipmunk. 
A very pretty chipmgnk found everywhere to an elevation of 2,000 to 
4,000 feet. I saw one specimen at snow line at the head of the Soleduck 
River. 
From the shore line to the snow-capped mountains these squirrels were 
observed to bark when suddenly disturbed; but when calling each other 
they uttered a querulous chirp. This squirrel is very shy till it gets 
“acquainted.” Then it becomes quite a pest and a little thief. At the 
Soleduck springs I have seen them crawl over a person while lying still, 
and have known them to steal bread off of a table in the same tent where 
cooking was going on. 
Tamias caurinus Merr. 
Only one individual of this species: was seen at timber line in the 
Happy Lake country. 
Arctomys olympicus Merr. Olympic Marmot. 
I saw only one pair of these animals on a ridge between the Soleduck 
River and Hast Fork. Their color was ochraceous yellow. In actions 
they imitate a prairie dog very much; but in size they are considerably 
larger. Some are said to weigh as much as twenty-five pounds. 
1. In identifying the species here given I have used the “Catalogue of Mammals 
from the Olympic Mountains, Washington,” by D. G. Elliot (““Field Columbian Museum 
Publication 32”), and Jordan’s ** Manual of Vertebrates,” as reference books. 
