SCIURIDASX—SPERMOPHILUS GRAMMURUS AND VARIETIES, 827 
Spermophilus grammurus var. grammurus ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 293. 
Spermophilus couchit Barrp, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 332; Mam. N. Amer. 1857, 311, pl. Ixxxi, 
fig. 3, skull (melanistic form). 
Spermophilus buckleyt SLAck, Proce. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 314 (melanistic form). 
Var. BEECHEYI. 
Californian Lined-tailed Spermophile; Californian “Ground Squirrel”. 
Arctomys (Spermophilus) beecheyi RICHARDSON, Fauna Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 170, pl. xii, B; Zodl. Beechey’s 
Voyage, Mam. 1839, 8. 
Arclomys beecheyi WWAGNER, Suppl. Schreber’s Siiuget. pl. cex, E. 
Spermophilus beecheyi ‘ F. CUVIER, Suppl. Buffon, i, Mam, 1831, 331 ”.—Branpt, Bull. Classe Physico-math. 
Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb. ii, 1844, 380.—Scuinz, Syn. Mam. ii, 1845, 67.—Barrp, Proc. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855, 334; Mam. N. Amer. 1857, 307, pl. iii, fig. 2, animal; pl. xlvi, fig. 3, 
skull.—Coorrr, Nat. Hist. Wash. Ter. pt. iii, 1859, 81—Coorrr, Amer. Nat. iii, 1869, 183.— 
SuckLey & Gipss, Nat. Hist. Wash. Ter. pt. iii, 1859, 122 (Northern California).—CouEs, 
Amer. Nat. i, 1867, 359 (habits); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, 134.—HENstiaw, Ann. Rep. 
Chf. Engineers for 1876, App. JJ, 1876, 311. 
Spermophilus grammurus var. beecheyi ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 293. 
Spermophilus macrurus BENNETT, Proc. Zodl. Soc. Lond. i, 1833, 41 (melanistic phase)— WAGNER, Suppl. 
Schreber’s Siiuget. iii, 1843, 245 (compiled).—Branpt, Bull. Classe Physico-math. Acad. Imp. 
Sci. St. Pétersb. ii, 1844, 380 (compiled).—Scuinz, Syn. Mam. ii, 1845, 67 (compiled).— 
AuDUBON & BacuMaAN, Quad. N. Amer. iii, 1853, 181, pl. exxxix (compiled). 
Sciurus (Macroxus) californicus LESSON, Descr. de Mam. et d’Ois. Nouv. 1847, 143.—(See also BAirD, Mam. 
N. Amer. 1857, 280.) 
Var. DOUGLASSI. 
Douglass’s Lined-tailed Spermophile; Oregon “Ground Squirrel”, 
Arctomys? (Spermophilus?) douglasst RICHARDSON, Faun. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 172; Zo6l. Beechey’s Voy. 
Mam. 1839, 8. 
Spermophilus douglassi “F. Cuvier, Suppl. Buffon, i, Mam. 1831, 333”.—WaGNeR, Suppl. Schreber’s 
Siiuget. iii, 1843, 247.—Branpt, Bull. Classe Physico-math. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb. ii, 
1844, 380.—Scuinz, Syn. Mam. ii, 1845, 68 —AupUBON & BacuMan, Quad. N. Amer. i, 1846, 
373, pl. xlix.—Batrp, Mam. N. Amer. 1857, 309, pl. xlv, fig. 1, skull.—Suck ry, Nat. Hist. 
Wash. Ter. pt. iii, 1859, 98.—SuckLry & Gupss, Nat. Hist. Wash. Terr. pt. iii, 1859, 122. 
Spermophilus grammurus var. douglassi ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 293. 
Var. GRAMMURUS. 
Rocky Mountain Lined-tailed Spermophile. 
VarIeTAL cHars.—Length of head and body about 12.00; of tail to end 
of vertebrae about 8.00; to end of hairs 9.00. Above, coarsely mottled with 
white or brownish-white and black, giving the general effect of gray; gener- 
ally, the gray is purest anteriorly, where the light and dark tints are in strong 
contrast; the posterior half of the dorsal surface generally more or less 
strongly washed with brown, where the white is partly or wholly replaced by 
yellowish-brown and the black by dark brown. 'The hairs are black at the 
base and tip, with a broad subterminal zone of whitish, which, in different 
specimens, varies from pure white to reddish-brown. Feet gray. The gray 
is also purer on the sides of the body and neck. Below, pale yellowish- 
