346 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES  [Proc. 4TH SER. 
Synonyms—Digger Squirrel; Beechey Ground Squirrel; 
Spermophilus beecheyi; Spermophilus grammurus beecheyi; 
Citellus variegatus beechey1; Citellus grammurus beecheyi. 
Range—Upper Sonoran, Lower Sonoran and Transition 
zones of west-central California, south from San Francisco 
Bay throughout the coast region as far as Ventura County; 
also Sacramento Valley east of Sacramento River and south 
of Butte and Lassen counties; also northern portion of the 
San Joaquin Valley and west slope of middle Sierra Nevada 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.; Merriam, Dept. Agric., Bur. Biol. Surv. 
Circ 7O.1 10M poZi3)). 
Citellus beecheyi fisheri (Merriam) 
Fisher Ground Squirrel 
Original -description—Spermophilus beecheyi fishers Mer- 
riam, Proc. Biol: Soc. Wash., 8, December 28, 1893; ppy 133; 
134. 
Type locality—Kern Valley, 25 miles above (= east of) 
Kernville, Kern County, California. 
Synonyms—sS permophilus grammurus fisher; Citellus varie- 
gatus fishert; Citellus grammurus fishers. 
Range—Lower Sonoran, Upper Sonoran, and Transition 
zones in the southern San Joaquin Valley and surrounding 
mountains, north at least to Madera County; east over the 
southern Sierra Nevada and on the desert ranges of the Inyo 
region as far east as the Panamint Mountains; and south 
through the San Diegan district and adjacent edges of the 
Mohave and Colorado deserts to the Mexican line (Mus. Vert. 
Zool.) Meruiam) Dept. Acre, bur Biols Sir.) @ines 70. oiOs 
pp. 2, 3). 
Citellus beecheyi nesioticus Elliot 
Catalina Island Ground Squirrel 
Original description—Citellus nesioticus Elliot, Field Col. 
Mus., zool. ser., 3, March, 1904, pp. 263, 264. 
Type locality—Santa Catalina Island, Santa Barbara group, 
California. 
Range—Santa Catalina Island (Elliot, supra cit.). 
