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MONOGRAPHS OF NOKTH AMERICAN BODENTIA. 



Taulr CII. — Littof tpeciment examined of BrEitMOPiiii.ri^ iuciiaiidsoni var, towksendi — Continned. 



SPERMOPHILUS MOLLIS Kennicot^. 



Sliort-lailcd Speryiopblle. 



Spermophiliig moltin Kennicott, Troc. Acad. Nat. 8ci. Pbila. 18G3, 1!?!'. 

 SpermojMlm lowmendi var. ffli>/(iit Ali.kn, Proc. Boat. Quo. Nat. Iliat. xvi, 11^4, 293. 



Specific chars. — Length to base of tail 6.00 to 6.50; of tail to pnd of 

 vertebrae about 1.75 ; to end of hairs about 2.50. Above, finely variegated 

 pale yellowish-brown and dusky ; lower parts gray, washed with pale creamy- 

 yellow. Eyelids yellowish-white ; sides of face and neck yellowisli-brown ; 

 tail above, like the back, edged with whitish, and with a very indistinct dusky 



