NO. 1405. MAMMALS OF NORTFIWEST TERRITORIES— MACFABLANE. 751 



RICHARDSON'S SPERMOPHILE. 



Citellus richardsonl (Sabine). 



Kichiirdson oives its range as not extending- beyond latitude 55° 

 north, and in the neioliborhood of the north branch of the Saskatche- 

 wan River, but I do not think I ever met this animal anywhere in the 

 country. 



STRIPED SPERMOPHILE. 



Citelhi.<< tridecemlineatxti (Mitchill) . 



Richardson found this species quite common at Carlton House, 

 Saskatchewan. It is also said to have been abundant in all favorable 

 localities between the international boundary and the North Saskatche- 

 wan River. I do not think it is an inhabitant of the regions beyond 

 that stream. 



WOODCHUCK— GROUND HOG. 



MarmuUi rnonax ciinadensis (Erxleben). 



Mr. B. R. Ross gives latitude 62° north as the northern limit of this 

 animal. In 1889, three trade skins were obtained at Fort Simpson. I 

 do not remember if I ever saw any examples at Fort Anderson or else- 

 w^here in the Mackenzie River District, but at Fort Chipewyan, Atha- 

 basca, several were observed, and in May, 1885, I sent five skins to 

 Dr. R. Bell, of the Geological Survey, Ottawa. At Cumberland House, 

 Saskatchewan, however, the coaipany annually trade and export a few 

 skins, which bring only a few cents in the London market. They are 

 not common at any of the posts of the Pas, Moose Lake, and Grand 

 Rapids. In 1888, one specimen was obtained at Pelican Narrows. 

 The adjoining district of English River, to the north, traded 3 skins 

 in 1889 and 127 in 1890. Of the last, 11 came from Isle a la Crosse, 

 2 from Portage La Loche, and 111 from Green Lake. It has also 

 been met with on the Nelson, Liard, and Peace rivers, while Chief 

 Trader Traill secured two examples at Fort St. James, Stuart Lake, 

 British Columbia, which he duly forwarded to the Smithsonian 

 Institution at Washington. The Cree Indian name of this animal is 

 "uieeniisk.''' 



HOARY MARMOT. 



Marmoia cnligata (Eschscholtz). 



This species is decidedly more abundant than A. tnonax canadensis 

 in portions of the north country, especially in the neighborhood of the 

 Rocky Mountains and spurs thereof on or near the Mackenzie River. 

 Specimens have been collected on the Peace River, and at Forts Liard, 

 Simpson, Norman, and Good Hop(>, Mackenzie River District, as well 



