46 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA [l^o-22> 



Miller, jr., in September and the earlj'part of October atNepigon and 

 Peninsula Harbor, Ontario, which are in the type region of neglectus. 

 The Oxford House series shows some seasonal variation, those taken 

 in Jul}' having- grayer rumps than the September specimens. 



Dr. Bell reported ' Tuinias quadriiyitfatiis^ to be common along the 

 Nelson and Churchill rivers," but it is probable that it is not found 

 on the lower portions of these rivers. 



Spermophilus parryi (Richardson). Hudson Bay Spermophile. 



Arctomys Parryii Rich., Appendix to Parry's Second Voyage, p. 316, 1825 (1827). 



The name enqx'tra, usuallj' since 1877 applied to this species, was 

 apparently based on a specimen of the Canadian form of Arctomys 

 iiioiiux (see p. 47), and will have to be replaced hy jjarri/i of Richard- 

 son, based on specimens collected at FIac Hawser Bay, Lyon Inlet, 

 Melville Peninsula, on Parry's second voyage, which seems to be the 

 next available name. 



Ground squirrels have been stated to inhabit the coast of Hudson 

 Bay south to Fort Churchill, but I ascertained that the animal does 

 not occur on the coast south of a point about 25 miles below Cape 

 Eskimo — about 150 miles to the northward of Fort Churchill. I 

 was unable to find any in the A'icinit}- of my camp near Thlewiaza 

 River. On starting northward in search of them I was fortunate in 

 securing as guide one of the most intelligent of the Eskimos of the 

 region, who was perfectly familiar with the entire coast and who 

 promised to take me to the nearest point at which the animals were to 

 be found. We left camp near the Thlewiaza on the afternoon of 

 August 8 and on the evening of the next day succeeded in reaching 

 our objective point — the mouth of a stream which enters the sea at 

 the head of a shallow bay thought to be about 25 miles south of Cape 

 Eskimo. One of the animals was seen a few minutes after we landed, 

 but they proved to be rather rare, though the Eskimo gave me to 

 understand that farther north they were more common. They 

 inhabited the scattered sandy ridges and hillocks, but with the 

 exception mentioned none were seen abroad, and careful trapping 

 during the next three days at all the burrows found yielded only four 

 specimens. The apparent inactivity of the animals and the fact that 

 most of the burrows were closed from the inside led me to conclude 

 (somewhat hastily) that the animals had commenced to hibernate, but 

 from the fact that they have been taken at points farther north much 

 later in the season it is probable that such was not the case. The 

 burrows usuailj' had several entrances, and, judging from the amount 

 of earth removed, were quite extensive. 



The four specimens taken agree closely in color and may be thus 

 described: Fur of back, sides, breast, and belly dusky plumbeous at 



"Kept. Prog Can. Geol. Surv. 1882-3-4, App. II, p. 48DD (1885). 



