SCIURIDA—SPERMOPHILUS EMPETRA. 839 
SPERMOPHILUS EMPETRA (Pall.) Allen. 
Parry’s Spermophile, 
Var. EMPETRA. 
Glis canadensis ErXLEBEN, Syst. Anim. 1777, 363 (in part only ; = Quebec Marmot of Pennant +- Quebee 
Marmot of Forster). 
Mus empetra Patias, Novy. Spec. Glires, 1778, 74 (except the reference to Pennant’s Quebec Marmot).— 
“ BoppazrT, Elench. Anim. i, 1784, 105.” 
Arclomys empetra SCHREBER, Siiuget. iv (1724 ?), 743, pl. cex (= Mus empetra Pallas, the plate from Pallas’s 
type).—GMELIN, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 143 (= empetra of Pallas and Schreber).—Snaw, Gen. 
ZoOl. ii, 1801 (same as preceding).—DESMAREST, Mam. 1822, 329; and of various subsequent 
eompileis.—SaBIng, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, 1822, 584 (the synonymy, excluding references 
to Pennant’s Quebec Marmot; not the description).—RicuarpDson, Fauna Bor.-Am, i, 1829, 
147 (in small part only; not the figure nor the description). 
Arctomys parryi RICHARDSON, Parry’s Second Voyage, App. 1825, 316.—Han.an, Fauna Amer. 1825, 170.— 
Gopman, Am. Nat. Hist. ii, 1826, 120.—H. Smirn, Griffith’s Cuvier’s An. King. v, 1827, 247.— 
FISCHER, Synop. Mam. 1829, 344 —J. C. Ross, Ross’s 2d Voy. 1835, App. xv (Repulse Bay).— 
WAGNER, Schreber’s Siiuget. pl. exx.—Tore tt, Petermann’s Mittheil. 1861, 57. 
Arctomys (Spermophilus) parryi Rrcuarvson, Maun. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 158, pl. x: Zodl. Beechey’s Voy. 
Mam. 1839, 7. 
Spermophilus parryi Lesson, Man. de Mam. 1827, 244.—Branpv, Bull. Phys.-Math. Class. St. Petersb. 1i, 
1844, 372.—Scurnz, Syn. Mam. ii, 1845, 65.—GieBe., Siiuget. 1855, 633 —Barrp, Mam. N. Amer. 
1857, 323. 
Spermoplhalus parryi var. parryi ALLEN, Proe. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 292. 
Arctomys alpina Parry, Nar. Sec. Voy. 1825, 61 (name merely; said by Richardson to refer to his Arctomys 
parryi). 
Arctomys (Spermophilus) parryi var. y, phwognatha RICHARDSON, Faun. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 161. 
Spermophilus parryi var. ? phanognatha ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 292. 
Arctomys kennicotti Ross, Canad. Nat. and Geol. 1861, 434; Nat. Hist. Rev. 1862, 274. 
Quebec Marmot, Forster, Phil. Trans. |xii, 1772, 378 (not the Quebec Marmot of Pennant). 
Ground Squirrel, HEARNE, Journey, 1807, 141, 386. 
Var. KODIACENSIS. 
Spermophilus parryi var. kodiacensis ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 292. 
Var. ERYTHROGLUT US. 
Arctomys (Spermophilus) parryi var. 3, erythrogluteia RicHarvson, Faun, Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 161. 
Spermophilus parryi var. erythrogluteia ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 292. 
Var. EMPETBA 
VARIETAL CHARS.—Size of S. grammurus, or rather larger. Length of 
head and body 12.00 to 14.00; of tail to end of vertebrae 3.00; to end of 
hairs about 4.50. Above mixed yellowish-brown, white, and black, the white 
forming quite prominent squarish blotches; sides of the head, neck, and 
body, the limbs, and whole lower surface brownish-yellow, varying greatly 
in intensity in different individuals; top of the head cinnamon, varying to 
chestnut, more or less mixed with blackish. A pale ring surrounds the eyes. 
