6 University of California Publications in Zoology [ Vou. 17 
six miles north of Weldon, Kern County, California; July 13, 1911; 
collected by H. A. Carr and J. Grinnell; original no. 266. 
Diagnosis—Similar to topotypes of Eutamias merriami merriami 
in corresponding pelage, but decidedly grayer in general tone of 
coloration ; sides of head and hind-neck ashy gray rather than leaden 
gray; dorsal light stripes relatively broad, more ashy in color; dorsal 
dark stripes narrower, and less richly brown in shade; sides pale 
tawny rather than reddish brown; dorsal tail hairs banded and tipped 
with light buff rather than ochraceous-tawny ; ventral surface of tail, 
centrally, ochraceous-tawny rather than cinnamon-rufous. 
Material—F ifty-nine specimens from California as follows: Kern 
County: Kern River at Bodfish, 2400 feet; Kern River, twelve miles 
below Bodfish, 2000 feet; west slope Walker Pass, 4600 feet; Kern 
River at Isabella, 2500 feet; Kiavah Mountain, 7000 feet; Fay Creek, 
4100 feet; Tulare County: Taylor Meadow, 7000 feet; Trout Creek, 
6000 feet; Jordan Hot Springs, 6700 feet. These localities all he in 
the Upper Sonoran and Transition zones. 
Remarks—AImost all of the specimens just mentioned are in full 
summer pelage. Their general grayness is conspicuous as compared 
with Eutamias merriami merriami, of which we have examined ade- 
quate topotype material from the San Bernardino Mountains. Un- 
fortunately winter specimens of kernensis are entirely lacking, so that 
it is not possible to characterize the winter coat. A single July 
specimen showing delayed molt suggests extreme grayness in a degree 
comparable with that of the summer pelage. 
Ochotona schisticeps muiri, new subspecies 
Yosemite Cony 
Type.—Male adult, skull and skin in winter pelage, no. 23480, 
Mus. Vert. Zool. ; 9300 feet altitude near Ten Lakes, Yosemite National 
Park, Tuolumne County, California; October 11, 1915; collected by 
Walter P. Taylor; original no. 7720. 
Diagnosis—Fairly intermediate between Ochotona  schisticeps 
schisticeps and Ochotona schisticeps albatus; general color more 
brownish than in albatus, but not so dark as in schisticeps; head dis- 
tinetly different from back, leaden gray as contrasted with lght 
brown; under surface of body and upper surface of feet pervaded 
with pale buff rather than either clay color or a creamy tint. 
