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MON«i.l{APnS OF NOUXn AMEItKJAN RUDENTIA. 



Tadlk CXXIX.— /.i*l o/ tpcdment namined of C\ KOMVS i.unoviciANl-B— ConliDnixl. 



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101 



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1144 

 l«93 

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Lumllly. 



Dob Carlo*, Colo 



LIjuio B^taowlo 



Polt DcBmhw, N. U«i 



recM.N.Mpi 



Ri>pDliMc«n Fork 



I*mluku fUtl Nrrto 



Llmpoo MU., Tex ... 



M>n AnUiliia, Tex 



NrwUioloo 



DoTll'ii Hlrrr, Tex 



Fi<«o« River. Tex 



Arkanau 



Itnl lEiver, ixk 



F'lrt ChaillKiume, Tex 

 Kurt LarniMl, 1d<1. Tcr 



Wlion 

 milluctod. 



Aug. 18, laa* 



Apr. «4, ISM 

 Ool. I«, 18M 



May 31, 1864 



FroDi wliun rewlTnl. 



Dr. F. V. Haydra.. 

 Capt Julin Pope. . . 



CapL John Pope 



Lieut F.T.IIrjran.. 

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Capt. A. W. Whipple 



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Capt. L. Silftearea. 

 Dr. ar. Shuniard.. 



DrKHwia 



Dr. K.Couea 



Collected liy— 



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Dr.McKee 



W.8.W(iod 



J. n. Clark..... 



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Dr. C. a a Kennerly 



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Dr.H.W. Woodhouae. 

 Dr. a F. Hhonanl 

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Dr. R. Cone* I ... .da 



! CYNOMYS COLUMBIAN US (Or.1) Allen. . 



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I Western Barklag Bqalrrel; Wcslera "Prairie Dof". 



Arclomyt eoUmUann "Ord, Oathrie's Oeog. 3d Am. e<l. il, IHI.'i, SM, 30Si" (== "Qorrowing Bquirral", 

 Lewia aod ClMlie).— Allkn, rtuc. Ikwt. 8110. Nat. Hiat, xvi, IS74, 394; Bull. Eamx Iiiat. vi, 



; lriT4, ri7, (W (Colontdo).— CouK« it. Yahruw, WbwIiM'i Ezpl. and Bnrv. W, of 100th Merid. 



I V, ZuCI. l»7r>, 138 (Middle Utab). 



JfRlMRyx hrachitirtt liAFiMtsqiiK, Am. Mnnili. Mag. il, 1817, 45 (=" Borrowing Sqaintl", Lewis and 

 Clarke).— DE8HAKK18T, Mam. 1^*33, '.I3U (rruni Raflneaqiie). 



Aniomy brackgurm Harlan, Kaoiia Aiiier. 1835, :I04 (— " Burrowing Sqnirrol ", Lewia and Clarke).— 

 FlDCHXR, Syno|i. Ham, 1^ 34,'> (from Harlan).— Richardsmk, ZoTd. Beechey'a Voy, IKIO, 7 

 ((Vom the same).— Waoncr, Snppl. Sohreber'a Biinget. iii, 1843, 3lSl (from the aame).— 

 SCHINZ, Syn. Mam. ii, 184,'i, n3 (from (he same). 



JretoMya letrtti Audubon & Bachmam, Quad. N. Am. ii!, 1H&3, 33, pi. evil ((him apecimen in Mua. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond. from "Columbia River"). See alan Baird, Mam. N. Amer, 1857, 347. 



Cgnomgi fii*MiM»i Uaihd, Proc. Acad. Nat. Soi. Pbila. 18A5, 3:<4 ; Mam. N. Amer, 1857, 335, pi iv, flg. 3, 

 animal ; pi. xlvii, flg. 4, ikull.— C0UK8, Ainrr. Nat. i, 1H«7, 363; Ptoo. Aoiul. Nat, Soi. Philo, 

 18«7, l:r> (Ar «.ina).— Stkvksson, Hayden'a Rep. U. 8. Geol. Siirv. Wyom. lK»t, 403. 



ll»rrotcii>g Hqairrc\ Lkwin Si Clakkk, Tnivela, Ul Am. ed. ii, IH15, 173, 



Z.ni'u'ii .l/umwr, Auiu'iiuN St. Uauiiman, I. 0. 



Skort-lailM Prairie Dag, Bairii, Mam. N. Amer, 1857, 335. 



Specific chars. — Lcngtii to bnse of tail about 10.25, ranging from 9.50 

 to 11.50; of tnil to ciul of vcrtehrse about 2.00 (1,70 to 2,25); to end of 

 hairs 2.00 to 2.50. Almve, dark yellowiKJi-lirown, sometimes inclining to red- 

 dish, varieti with black; beneath, jellowish-white, varying to pale ycllowisii- 

 browii. Tail v^ry short, flattened, generally wholly pure whi*e (sometimes 

 yellowish-white) for the terminal lialf, the basal portion being above like the 



