1903.] Allen, Mammals from Northern British Columbia. 533 



These are pale yellowish red instead of olivaceous gray, varied 

 slightly with brownish red, which is the average color of the 

 summer pelage in the Telegraph Creek series. 



Fully adult specimens (young of the year being excluded) 

 measure as follows: 16 males, total length, 319 (311-325); 

 tail vertebrae, 128 (120-138); hind foot, 50 (48-51); ear, 25 

 (23.5-26.5): 8 females, total length, 319 (306-324); tail 

 vertebras, 124.6 (110-135); hind foot, 49.2 (49-50); ear, 24.6 

 (23-26). 



Mr. Anderson says this squirrel was ' ' abundant among the 

 pines, where it could frequently be seen feeding upon the pine 

 nuts or carrying cones to its burrow beneath some tree." 



8. Eutamias caniceps Osgood. Gtf AY-HEADED CHIPMUNK. 



Eutamias caniceps OSGOOD, N. Am. Fauna, No. 19, Oct. 6, 1900, 

 28. Lake Lebarge, Northwest Territory, Canada. 



This chipmunk is represented by 41 specimens, all taken at 

 Telegraph Creek, July ^-September 15, except 2 from Level 

 Mountain, September 10, and i from Raspberry Creek, Octo- 

 ber 5. Of these 41 specimens 24 are males and 17 females, 

 of which latter only two give evidence of having recently 

 nursed young. Of the whole series not more than six or eight 

 can be considered as adult, by far the larger part not having 

 fully acquired their permanent premolars. None of the males 

 exceed a total length of 206 mm., the greater part falling be- 

 tween 195 and 200, with the tail vertebrae ranging from 86 to 

 92 mm., the hind foot 32, and the ear 15 mm. The two 

 breeding females measure respectively: Total length, 205 and 

 215; tail vertebrae, 90 and 97; hind foot, 32 and 34; ear, 15.5 

 and 17. Several other females, though evidently not fully 

 adult, range in total length from 211 to 213 mm. 



This chipmunk, recently described by Mr. Osgood from 

 Lake Lebarge, N. W. T. (N. Am. Fauna, No. 19, Oct., 1900, 

 p. 28), is quite different in coloration from Eutamias borealis, 

 being much grayer, with the central area of the tail below 

 much paler. A comparison of several topotypes of caniceps 

 with Telegraph Creek specimens shows that the latter are 



