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indistinguishable from caniceps. Osgood found it ranging 

 northward from Lake Lindeman to Fort Selkirk ; to the south- 

 ward and eastward it is abundant in the Telegraph Creek 

 region, where Mr. Stone first obtained several immature 

 specimens in the summer of 1897. 



Mr. Anderson says: "The little chipmunk, of which a con- 

 siderable number was secured near Telegraph Creek, was 

 most always tD be found about the talus piles and other rocky 

 places, where it feeds upon the seeds of the sabis berry and a 

 small red berry which grows on a little plant close to the 

 ground in dry places." At the head of the Shesley River no 

 specimens were taken, but several were observed in the deep 

 canon. The two specimens taken on Level Mountain "were 

 the only ones seen there.'" 



9. Citellus erythrogluteius (Richardson). RED-THIGHED 

 GROUND SQUIRREL. 



Arctomys parryi, var. B. erythrogluteia RICHARDSON, Faun. Bor.- 

 Amer., I, 1839, 161. Head of Elk River, Rocky Mountains, Lat. 57 N. 



Mr. Anderson states that no spermophiles are found in the 

 immediate vicinity of Telegraph village, but a series of 43 was 

 taken on two trips made to Summit, at the head of Telegraph 

 Creek (twelve miles north of Telegraph) July 31 (21 speci- 

 mens) and August 9 (22 specimens). Another series of 16 

 specimens was taken on the headwaters of Shesley River, 

 August 23-September 2, where "their burrows could be seen 

 everywhere, but most commonly on hillsides and in little 

 valleys where the earth was soft and not too moist." Both 

 series consist mainly of young-of-the-year, and together show 

 the changes of pelage with season in both the adult and young. 



Breeding females in worn pelage, taken July 31, have the 

 general color above gray, washed slightly with brownish over 

 the median area of the back, and mottled with small squarish 

 whitish spots; the whole top of the head, as far back as the 

 posterior border of the ears, dull chestnut brown, brighter 

 and more chestnut anteriorly; cheeks, from below the eyes 

 posteriorly to a little behind the ears, pale yellowish brown; 



