Quadrupeds procured bi/ Captain Franklin. 519 



Bimens. Length of head and body 27^ inches; of head 2| j 

 of tail 8i inches. 



Syii. Hoary Marmot. Penn., Hist. Quad. 2. p. 398. Whistler. 

 Harmori's Journey, p. 427. 



Hub. The Rocky Mountains. 



9. Arctomys (Spekmophilus) lateralis, lined in utroque 

 latere luteo-alba nigra marginata. 



Say's Marmot, with a yellowish white stripe bordered with 

 black on each flank. 



Syn. Sciurus lateralis. Say, Long''s Expedition 2. p. 46. 



This animal has the cheek pouches, claws and habits of the 

 Spermophili. 



Hub. The Rocky Mountains and plains near their bases. 



10. Sciuuus (Tamias) QUADRiviTTATUs. (Say.) 



Four banded Squirrel. Sciurus quadrivittatus. Say, Long's 

 Exped. 2. p. 45. 



This Squirrel has the cheek pouches and manners of the Sciurus 

 Lysteri. (Ray). 



Hab. Bushy places. Canada to lat. 56". 



11. Pteromys Sabrinus, supra ex rubicundo fuscus^ cauda 

 planiuscula corpus subwquanti, lobo membrance volitantis rotunduto. 



Severn River flying squihuel, (Pennant,) pale reddish 

 brown above; tail flattish, nearly as long as the body; flying 

 membrane with a rounded lobe behind the wrist. 



Syn. Sciurus Sabrinus. Shaw, Zool. ii. part i. p. 157. 



Greater flying Squirrel. Forster, Phil. Trans. 62. 

 Severn River flying Squirrel. Penn., Hist. Quad. p. 418. 

 Dimens. Size of Siberian flying Squirrel. 

 Hab. Upper Canada and Hudson's Bay. 



12. Pteromys ALPiNUS, supra luieo-fuscus^ caiidd plana fuli' 

 ginea nigraque corpus longitudine excedente, margine membrance 

 voUtuntis recto. 



