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Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, 426.— Desm., Mam., 1822, 339 (in 

 part). — Harlan, Faun. Amer., 1825, 183 (in part), — Godman, ii, 

 1826, 142.— Emmons, Quad. Mass., 1840, 68.— Thompson, Hist. 

 Vermont, 1842, 46.— DeKay, New York Zool., i, 1842, 62, pi. 

 xvi, fig. 2. 

 1756. Sciurus carolinenm, Brisson, Quad., 1756, 135. 

 1784. Myoxus striatus, Boddsart, Elenchus Animal., i, 1784, 122. 

 1788. Sciurus striatus americanus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 150 — Fischer, 



Synop. Mam., 1829, 348. 

 1820. Tamias americana, Kuhl, Beitragj zur Zoologie, 1820, 69. — Gray, 

 Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d series, xx, 1867, 436 (=T. striatus, 

 Baird). 

 1829. Sciurus americanus, Fischer, Synop,, 1829, 349 (==T. americana, 



Kuhl). 

 1829. Sciurus (Tamias) lysteri, Richardson, Faun. Bor.-Amer., i, 1829, 181, 



pi. XV.— Doughty's Cab. Nat. Hist., i, 1830, 169, pi. xv. 

 1843. Tamias lysteri, Wagner, Suppl. Schreber's Saug., iii, 1843, 232, pis. 

 ccxiv, ccxix. — Schinz, Synop. Mam., ii, 1845, 47. — Aud. & Bach., 

 Quad. N. Amer., i, 1849, 65, pi. viii.— Giebel, Saug., 1855, 639.— 

 Maximilian, Archiv. f. Naturgesch., ,1861, 79. 

 1857. Tamias striatus, Baird, llth Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1857, 55, 

 foot note ; Mam. N. Am., 1857, 292, pi. xlvi, fig 2. — Kennicott, 

 Rep. U. S. Pat'. Off. Agric. for 1856 (1857), 70, pi. viii,— Thomas, 

 Trans. 111. State Agr, So'c, iv, 1860, 657— Gilpin, Trans, Nova 

 Scotia Inst. Nat. Sci., ii, pt. 3, 1870, 15 (Nova Scotia). — Allen, 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool, i, 1869, 225; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 xvi, 1874, 189; Mon. N, A Rodentia, 1877, 782.— Jordan, Man. 

 Vert., 1878. 

 1861. Sciurus (Tamias) strintus, Hall, Canad. Nat. and Geol., 1861, 290. — 

 Adams, Field and Forest Rambles, 1873, 100 (New Brunsv^ick). 

 Specific Characters. — Length of head and body, 5.75 ; tail to end of ver- 

 tebrae, 3,65, to end of hairs, 4,25 ; middle of dorsal region gray, passing 

 into rufous posteriorly, with five longitudinal stripes of black, the two 

 outer on either side separated by a line of white; sides washed with 

 yellowish; head above, brownish; whole lower surface of body white; 

 tail blackish above, edged with white, centrally below yellowish-rufous, 

 bordered with black and edged with white; a light superciliary line 

 from nose nearly to ear, which above the eye is nearly pure white ; a less 

 distinct light line below the eye, which is nearly white on the lower 

 eyelid ; below this a faint stripe of reddish-brown, and another somewhat 

 darker behind the eye ; nose whitish ; feet like the sides of the body. 

 Unlike most squirrels, the present species preserves great constancy 



