TAMIAS. 87 



Tamias townsendi pricei Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 70. Zool. Ser. 

 Price's Chipmunk. 



Type locality. 'Portola, San Mateo County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Coast region of California, from mountains of San 

 Diego and San Bernardino County north to San Francisco. 



r. Tduiitis ioiriisciid i oclintOcuijs (Merriam). 



Euiamias townsendii ochrogenys Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. "Wash., 



XI, 1897, p. 206. 

 Tamias ioumsendi ochrogenys Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 71. Zool. Ser. 

 Buff-cheeked Chipmunk. 



Type locality. Mendocino, Mendocino County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Cazadero, north of San Francisco Bay, California, 

 to the mouth of Rogue River, Oregon. 



(I. Taniids fo/riisii/t/i /ittorft/is Elliot. 



Tamias townsendi littoralis Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., iii, 

 1903, p. 153. Zool. Ser. 

 Coast Chipmunk. 



Type locality. Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Coast of Oregon from Rogue River to the mouth of 

 the Columbia. 



Genl. Char. Size large; no white or grayish dorsal streaks; five 

 distinct black stripes on back, intermediate ones slightly paler than 

 the upper parts; antorbital stripe distinct; face ochraceous; under 

 parts white. 



Color. Upper parts and sides uniform dark ochre; top of head 

 and nose black and ochraceous; five black dorsal stripes, central one 

 from occiput to root of tail; space between stripes slightly paler than 

 body color; face stripes and nose black; cheeks ochraceous; postauric- 

 ular spot grayish white, under parts white ; tail above dark ochraceous 

 at base with black hairs intermingled, rest black tipped with white, 

 tip black edged with white, beneath dark ochre at base, rest reddish 

 ochre with black lateral band fringed with white; hands and feet pale 

 grayish buflf ; ear black, with broad external band, including tip, white, 

 external basal edge ochraceous. 



Measuremeuts. Total length, 262; tail vertebrae, 115; hind foot, 

 37; ear, 23. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 38; Hensel, 30; zygomatic 

 width, 21; interorbital constriction, 8.5; length of nasals, 11; palatal 

 length, 16; length of upper tooth row, alveolar border, 6; length of 

 mandible, 16. 



