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Citellus beecheyi nesioticus (Elliot) 



" S pernio philus Beecheyi" (probably part). Cooper, Zoology, 

 in Cronise, The Natural Wealth of California, 1868, p. 443. 



"Spermophilns Beecheyi Rich." (part). Cooper, Proc. Cal. 

 Acad. Sci., 4, 1870, p. 63 (Believed to be peculiar to Cali- 

 fornia) ; Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 4, 1870, p. 77 (Collected Cata- 

 lina Island; evidently observed on Santa Barbara Island also). 



Specimen examined. — One: No. 145285, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; 

 obverse of label "Spermophilus Catalina I. Cal 6 June 16-' 63 

 J. G. C." ; reverse, ten measurements. 



Specimen prepared as usual, skull inside; a little dry grass 

 has been stuffed into skin ; ventral incision not sewed up ; fore 

 feet folded posteriorly beneath body; hind feet and tail 

 anteriorly. 



The specimen is darker colored than typical Citellus beech- 

 eyi Usher i, the form of the adjoining mainland. 



Citellus beldingi (Merriam) 



"Spermophilus elegans Kennicott" (part). Cooper, Proc. 

 Cal. Acad. Sci., 4, 1868, p. 6 ("Hab. near Salt Lake, Utah, to 

 Johnson's Pass, Sierra Nevada, where I found it in 1863. 

 Pitt River?"). 



"S [pernio philus'] elegans," Cooper, Zoology, in Cronise, 

 The Natural Wealth of California, 1868, p. 443 ("inhabits 

 east of the Sierras.") 



Specimen examined. — One : No. 5824, Univ. Calif. Mus. 

 Vert. Zool. ; original label missing; label in old University of 

 California collection reads "1124 Spermophilus elegans Kenn. 

 $ Summit Johnson's Pass Sept." 



Skull inside skin ; fore feet folded posteriorly beneath body ; 

 hind feet forward ; tail not skinned. 



Eutamias canicaudus Merriam 



"Tamias quadriijattatus" (part). Cooper, Amer. Nat., 2, 

 1868, pp. 530-531 (Found east of mountains in Washington 

 Territory). 



