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Animals of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. 



By Albert B. Beagan. 



For the past three years I have been making observations on the ani- 

 mals of the Olympic Peninsula as time would permit. These I give below : 



Sciurus douglasi Bach. 



This is a very common squirrel. It is colored grizzly rufus to rusty ; 

 but in color its tail is very variable. It lives in the coniferous forest and 

 feeds upon the cones. 



Tamias townsencli Bach. Washington Chipmunk. 



A very pretty chipmunk found everywhere to an elevation of 2,000 to 

 4,000 feet. I saw one specimen at snow line at the head of the Soleduck 

 Biver. , I'M 



From the shore line to the snow-capped mountains these squirrels were 

 observed to bark when suddenly disturbed; but when calling each other 

 they uttered a querulous chirp. This squirrel is very shy till it gets 

 "acquainted." Then it becomes quite a pest and a little thief. At the 

 Soleduck springs I have seen them crawl over a person while lying still, 

 and have known them to steal bread off of a table in the same tent where 

 cooking was going on. 



Tamias caurinus Merr. 



Only one individual of this species was seen at timber line in the 

 Happy Lake country. 



Arctomys olympicus Merr. Olympic Marmot. 



I saw only one pair of these animals on a ridge between the Soleduck 

 Biver and East Fork. Their color was ochraceous yellow. In actions 

 they imitate a prairie dog very much ; but in size they are considerably 

 larger. Some are said to weigh as much as twenty-five pounds. 



1. In identifying the species here given I have used the "Catalogue of Mammals 

 from the Olympic Mountains, Washington," by D. G. Elliot ("Field Columbian Museum 

 Publication 32"), and Jordan's " Manual of Vertebrates," as reference books. 



