SOIDBIDiE— SPEBMOPniLUS OBAMMDUDS AND VAltlETIliS. 827 



SptrmopMlut framrnvnu \u. grammunt$ Aujcn, Proo. Dost. Boo. Nat HUt. xvi, 1874, 803. 



SpermopkUm eouchU Baihd, Proo. Aoad. N»t 8ci. Phlla. leOb, XO; Hmd. M.Amer. 1K>7, 311, pi. Ixxzi, 



0%. 3, ikuU (meUo'itio form). 

 BjftrmopkUni buckleti Black, Proc. Aood. Nat. Soi. Pbila. 1801, 314 (mulanUtio furm). 



,,1 ^'-..V.i 



Var. BEECHEYI. 



Calltoraln Llie4-taUed Bperaoplillet Callforalu MflroudSqilrrel". 



ArcUmiit [SptrmophUiu) bttduyi Richardson, Faona Bor.-Amer. i, 1889, 170, pi. zii, B ; ZoSl. Bueohey'i 

 Voyage, Maiu. 1H39, 8. 



Arclomgt bttekefi Waunbk, Suppl. Sohreber'ii SUagel. pi. ocz, E. 



SpertDophUui ieecJUyi " F. Cuvibr, Sappl. Baffon, i. Ham. 1831, 331 ".—Brandt, Bull. Clawe PhyBloo-math. 

 Aoad. Imp. Sol. 8t. P«tenU. ii, 1844, 380.— ScniNZ, Syn. Haiu. ii, 1845, 67.— Bairo, Proo. Aoad. 

 Nat. Set. Pblla. 18GG, 3;<4; Mam. N. Amar. 1857, 307, pi. ill, fig. 8, animal; pi. xlvl, fig. 3, 

 ■kuU.-CooPKR, Nat. Hist. Wash. Ter. pt. Hi, 1859, 81.— Cooper, Amer. Nat. Hi, 1860, 183.— 

 BUCKLBY &, aiBDS, Nat. Ilist Wash. Ter. pt. Hi, 1850, 133 (Northern California).— CoUES, 

 Amor. Nat. i, 1867, 3&9 (bahlU) ; Proo. Aoad. Nat. Sol. Pbila. 1867, 134.— IIbmsuaw, Ann. Bep. 

 Chf. Engineers for 1876, App. JJ, 1876, 311. 



BptrmophUiu gramwmm var. beeokeyl Allkn, Proo. Bast. Boo. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 393. 



BtemopkUui smctiu-m Bennktt, Proo. ZoOI. Boo. Lond. 1, 1633, 41 (melauistic phase).— Waomer, BuppI, 

 Bobreber's Siiugot. HI, 1843, 845 (oomplled).— Brahdt, Bnll. Classe Pbysioo-matb. Aoad. Imp. 

 Sol. St Ptftersb. U, 1844, 380 (oomplled).— SoHlNZ, Byn. Ham. Ii, 1845, 67 (oompiled).— 

 AVDUBON &, Bacdman, Quad. N. Amer. Ill, 1863, 181, pi. oxxxix (oompiled). 



Sohtru {Uacrtxiu) ooIt/brstaM Lesson, Deaor. de Ham. et d'Ois. Noav. 1847, 143.— (Bee also Bairo, Ham. 

 N. Amer. 1857, 880.) 



Var. DOUQLABBL 



Boaglau'i LlDcd-Ulled SperMophlle; Oregon "firond Bqairrcl". 



Jrelomjiff (SpermopliUtut) doaylosri RionABDSON, Fann. Bor.-Amer. i, 1839, 173; ZoSI. Boeobey's Voy. 

 Mam. 1839, 8. 



eftrmopkiba dougUmi " F. Cuvier, Sappl. Buffou, I, Mam. 1831, 333 ".— Waoner, Bnppl. Bobreber's 

 BBuget. iU, 1843, 347.— Brandt, Boll. Classe Pbysioo-matb. Aoad. Imp. Boi. St. P6torBb. ii, 

 1844, 380.— ScHiMZ, Byn. Ham. ii, 1845, 68.— AuDunoN & Bacuhan, Quad. N. Amer. i, 1846, 

 373, pi. xlix,— Baird, Ham. N. Amer. 1857, 309, pi. xIt, fig. 1, skull.— Buckley, Nat. Hist. 

 Wash. Ter. pt. Hi, 1859, 98.- Buckley &, Oibds, Nat. Hist. Wash. Terr. pt. iU, 1859, 138. 



BpirmopUttu grarnmunu tot. iougUuti Allbn, Proo. Bost. Boo. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 393. 



Var. GBAHUUBUB. ^ 



Rocky Mountain Lined-tailed Spermophile. 



Vabietal cuabs. — Length of head and body about 12.00 ; of tail to end 

 of vertebroe 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 ond the block 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 gmy 

 is also purer on the sides of the body and neck. Below, pale yellowish- 



