84 SCIURUS. 



Geogr. Distr. Forests of San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower Cali- 

 fornia. Altitude, 7,000 feet. 



158. Sciurus fremonti Audubon and Bachman. 



Sciurus fremonti Aud. & Bachm., Quad. N. Am., iii, 1853, p. 237. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 66. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 Fremont's Chickaree. 



Type locality. South Pass, Rocky Mountains, Park Region, Cen- 

 tral Colorado. * 



Geogr. Distr. Mountains of Colorado and the Uintah Mountains, 

 Utah, to the southern border of Wyoming. 



a. Sciurus fmnonii iiiogolloncnsis (Mearns). 



Sciurus kudsohius mogoUoiieiisis Mearns, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



N. Y., 1887-90, p. 277. 

 Sciurus fremonti mogolloiieiisis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. 

 M. Pub., II, 1901, p. 67. Zool. Ser. 

 Arizona Chickaree. 



Type locality. Quaking Asp Settlement, summit of Mogollon 

 Mountains, Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. High Mountains and plateaus of central Arizona. 



b. Sciit/iis' fi-cinonfi ncoincxiccnnis Allen. 



Sciurus frernonti neomexicanus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



N. Y., 1898, p. 291. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., II, 1901, p. 67. Zool. Ser. 

 Taos Chickaree. i 



Type locality. Rayado Caiion, Colfax County, New Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Taos Range, New Mexico. 



c. SciuiiiH fmnonii lyvluiiiclnis Stone and Rehn. 



Sciurtis fremonti lychnuchns Stone and Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Scien. Phil., 1903, p. 18. 

 RuiDoso Chickaree. 



Type locality. Forks of the Ruidoso (White Movmtains), Lincoln 

 County, New Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. New Mexico, range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to 5. /. neomexicanus, but larger and more 

 rufous; nasals longer. 



Color. Above dull ferrugineous, deepest on rump; sides pale 

 rufescent with ochraceous tinge; lateral line narrow, indistinct; head 

 washed with blackish; orbital ring white; ear ferrugineous, tips 

 blackish; arms rufescent, lateral fringe of hands white; legs dull far- 



