108 CITELLUS. 



Spermophiliis empetra Elliot, S}'!!. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 89. Zool. Ser. (nee Pallas.) 

 Parry's Spermophile. 



Type locality. Five Hawser Bay, Lyon Inlet, Melville Penin- 

 sula, Keewatin, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Arctic America from Melville Peninsula to Icy 

 Cape, Bering Sea, southwest along the Yukon River for a consid- 

 erable distance, and in the east to the verge of the Barren Grounds, 

 Latitude 65°. 



a. Cite] his jxii-riji k-tnliacc/tsJs (Allen). 



Spermophilits parryi var. kodiacensis Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 



Hist., XVI, 1874, p. 292. 

 Spermophilits empetra var. kodiacensis Allen, Mon. N. Am. Rod., 



1877, p. 839. 

 Spennophilits empetra kadiacensis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 



F. C. M. Pub., II, 1901, p. 90, fig. 20. Zool. Ser. 

 Kadiak Island Spermophile. 



Type locality. Island of Kadiak, Alaska. 

 Geogr. Distr. Kadiak Island, Alaska, only. 



209. Citellus erythroglutaeus (Richardson). 



Arctomys parryi var. B. erythroglnteia! Richard., Faun. Bor. Amer., 



Mamm., i, 1829, p. 161. 

 Citellus erythroglnteins! Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 



1903. P- 534- 

 Red-thighed Spermophile. 



Type locality. Head of Elk River, Rockv Mountains. Latitude 

 57° N. 



Geogr. Distr. From Elk River, British Columbia, possibly north- 

 ward to Lake Bennett. 



Geiil. Char. Resembles C. colniiibiaiins in size and general colora- 

 tion. Lower surface of tail rufous. Skull narrow, slender. 



Color. Male Post-breeding Pelage. Dorsal area iron gray blotched 

 with small white spots, the hairs tipped with whitish; top of nose 

 to middle of eyes bright rusty chestnut; sides of neck, shoulders, 

 forearms and thighs and the entire ventral surface deep rusty ochra- 

 ceous; central area of the tail beneath rufous. 



Measurements. Total length, 318-349: tail vertebrae. 75-92; hind 

 foot, 47-56; ear, 11-12. 



210. * Citellus plesius (Osgood). 



Sperniophilns empetra plesius Osgood, N. Am. Faun., No. 19, 



*Tliis may ])ro\-c to bo the same as C. crytliroglntieus P.ichardson. 



