40 MAMMALS OF UTAH 



and near a camp the chipmunks soon become tame and un- 

 suspecting. In the high country the food consists largely of 

 wild cherries, June berries and snow berries. (Symphori- 

 carpos oreophilus.) In the White River valley in Septem- 

 ber they were feeding extensively upon buffalo berries (Le- 

 pargyrea argentea). Gary.) 



BUSY CHIPMUNK 



EUTAMIAS AMOENUS OPERARIUS (Merriam) 



Eutamias amoenus operarius Merrian, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 

 XVIII, p. 164, (1905). 



Description — Middle, and inner pair of dark stripes 

 quite broad and black, with indistinct rufous borders ; outer 

 pair dark stripes less distinct, mixed black and rufous ; light 

 stripes broad, and grayish white, the outer pair being the 

 whitest ; sides light rufous ; flanks gray ; upper surfaces of 

 feet light dull rufous ; -light facial stripes grayish white ; 

 dark ones blackish; large whitish postauricular patch; be- 

 low, rusty white; upper surface of tail mixed rusty and 

 black ; below, rusty white ; upper surface of tail mixed rusty 

 and black; below rufous, black bordered; the tail is much 

 bushier than in E. minimus or E. consobrinus. Total length, 

 8.00 ; tail vert. 3.5 ; hind foot, 1.25. (Warren.) 



Distribution — The only record of the occurrence of this 

 species thus far in the state of Utah is Mr. Gary's statement 

 that he found operarius abundant in the high LaSal moun- 

 tains, Utah, in July, 1907, at 11,000 feet. The species is 

 found mostly in the state of Colorado. 



PAINTED CHIPMUNK 



TAMIAS MINIMUS PICTUS (AUen) 



Tamias minimus pictus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 1890, p. 115. 



Description — Similar to T. minimus ; colors pallid. Post- 

 breeding pelage — Above slate-gray; flanks pale yellowish 

 buff; shoulders and hips pale slate gray. Median dark 

 dorsal streaks black others seal brown edged with rufous; 

 median light stripes slate gray, outer pair white. Tail above 

 black and yellowish gray ; below dark yellow buff, bordered 

 with black and fringed with yellowish gray. (Elliot.) 



