' SCIUlUDiB— SPEBMOPniLUS EMPETUA. 839 



i : SPERMOPHILUS EMPETRA (Pall.) Allen. 



Parrf '8 Bpermoplille. 



Var. EMPETRA. 



Gilt canadimilt Erxlkbsn, Syst. Anim. 1777, .163 (in part oDljr ; = Qnebeo Marmot of Pennant + Quebec 



Marmot of Forat«r). 

 lint tmpetra Pau.a8, Nov. Spec. Glires, 1778, 74 (except the reference to Penuaut'ii Quebec Marmot). — 



" BODD.EBT, Eleuch. Anim. i, 1784, 105." 

 Arclomys empetra Sciiiiebeii, Siiuget. iv (1784 f ), 743, pi. ccx (= Mui empeira Pullas, the plivtu from I'lilliui's 



type). — Omelin, Syat. Nat. i, 1788,14,1 (= empetra of PallUH and ScUreber).— Shaw, Geu. 



Zoiil. ii, 1801 (Bsmu iih preceding).~OEtiMAUEgT,Mani. 18:22, 329; and of varlonn HubHcquont 



compileiH. — Sabink, Trnns. Linn. Soc. xiii, 1822, ■'i84 (tlie synonymy, excluding references 



lo Penniint's Quebec Marmot ; not tbe description). — Kiciiauimo.n, Fauna Bor.-Ani. I, i82!>, 



147 (in small part only j not the Ugnre nor the description), 

 irclomj* parryi Kichardson, Parry's Second Voyago, App. 182.">, 'M6. — Harlan, Fauna Amor. 1825, 170. — 



GoDMAN, Am. Nat. Hist, ii, 182G, 120.— H. Smith, Orifflth's Cuvior's An. King, v, 1827, 247.— 



Fischer, Synop. Mam. 1821), 344 —J. C. Hoas, Boss's 2<1 Voy. 1835, App. xv (Repulse Day).- 



Waoneii, Schrober's Siiuget. pi. cxx.— Torell, Petermann's Mittbeil. 1801, 57. 

 Arelomjif {Spermophiliu) parryi Richardson, Faun. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 158, pi. x; Zool. Ucechey's Voy. 



Mam. 1839, 7. 

 iSpermophilm parryi Lesson, Muu. du Mam. 1827, 244.— Hiiandt, Bull. Pliys.-Matli. Class. St. Potersb. ii, 



1844, 372.— SCHINZ, Syn. Mam. ii, 1845, 65.— Gikbel, SSuget. 1855, 633 — Baird, Mam. N. Amer. 



lKi7, 32:1. 

 Spermophilue parryi var. parryi Allen, Proc. Bast. Soc. Nut. Hist, xvi, 1874, 292. 

 Arciomyt alpina Parry, Nar. Sec. Voy. 182.%, 01 (name merely ; said by Uicbnnlson to refer to bis Arctomjt 



parryi). 

 Arclomye (SpermopHlue) parryi var. y, phatognalha Bicuardson, Faun. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 161. 

 SpirmopkHut parryi var. t phamognatka Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvl, 1874, 292. 

 Anjiomye kenKicotli Ross, Canad. Nat. and Geol. 1801, 434 ; Nat. Hist. Rev. 1802, 274. 

 Quebec Mamol, Forster, Phil. Trans. Ixii, 1772, 378 (not the Quebec Marmot of Pennant). 

 Ground Squirrel, Heakne, Journey, 1807, 141, 386. 



Var. K0DIACKN818. 



Sparmopkitut parryi var. kodiaaentii Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, S93. 



Var. erythroolut^us. 



Arelomyi (,SpermopUlut) parryi var. 0, crythivgtuteia Richardson, Fann. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 161. 

 Spcrmopkilue parryi var. erylkrogluteia Ali.en, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat^ Hist, xvi, 1874, 293. 



Var. EMPETBA 



Varietal CHARs.^Size of S. ^'rammuru.s, or rather larger. Length of 

 head and body 12.00 to 14.00 ; of tail to end of verlebnE 3.00 : to end of 

 hairs about 4.50. Above mixed yellowish-brown, white, and black, the wliite 

 forming quite prominent squarish blotches ; sides of the head, neck, and 

 body, the limbs, and whole lower surface brownish-yellow, varying greatly 

 iu intensity in different individuals; top of the head cinnamon, varying to 

 chestnut, inoic or less mixed with blackish. A pule ring surrounds the eyes. 



