1915.] 



MARMOTA MONAX GEOUP. 



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Illinois: Cook County, 1; Lake Forest, 1;^ Ozark, 2;^ West Northfield, 1; WilloTv 

 Springs, 1.^ 



Indiana: Lake Maxinkuckee, 1; Marion County, 1;^ Rose Lawn, 1. 



Iowa: Iowa City, 4;^ Johnson County, 4f Wall Lake, 1; no specific locality, 3.^ 



Kansas: Douglas County (near Lawrence), 6;* Lawrence, 3.* 



Kentucky: Mammoth Cave, 1. 



Maryland: Plummer Island, 2; Sandy Spring, 1; Simpson ville, 1; near Wash- 

 ington, D. C, 1. 

 Michig-an: Cass County, 1;^ Dowagiac, 1.^ 

 Missouri: Marble Cave, 2. 



North Carolina: Magnetic City (base of Roan Mountain), 7; Roan Mountain 



(altitude 3,000-4,000 feet), 5. 

 Ohio: Hicksville, 1.^ 



Pennsylvania: Beaver, 2f Chester County, 3; Fair Oaks, If Kennett Square, 1;^ 



Landenberg, 1;^ Marple, 1;" Mead ville, 1; Round Island, Clinton County, 2 J 

 Tennessee: Dover, Stewart County, 1; Duck River, 6 miles southwest of 



Waverly, 2; Highcliff, 1. 

 Virginia: Bluemont, 1; Clarke County, 1; Doswell, 1; Fairfax County (Potomac 



River), 3; Fincastle, 1; Fredericksburg, 2; Gunston, 1; Peaks of Otter, 1; 



Washington, 2. 



West Virginia: Franklin, 3; Jobs Knob, 1; North Mountain, Hardy County, 1; 

 Rowleysburg, 1. 



MARMOTA MONAX RUFESCENS Howell. 



RUFESCENT WOODCHUCK. 



(PI. IV, fig. 5; PI. V, fig. 2; PI. XI, fig. 2.) 



Marmotamonaxrufescens Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XXVII, 1914, p. 13. 

 Type locality. — Elk Kiver, Minn. 



Distribution. — Eastern North Dakota, central and southern Mmne- 

 sota, Wisconsm, and Michigan, southern Ontario, greater part of 'New 

 York (including Long Island), and higher parts of western Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Characters. — Similar to monax but colors much redder, both above 

 and below, the underfur on back pinkish cmnamon instead of light 

 buff; similar in color to ignava, but averaging paler; skull decidedly 

 smaller than that of monax, but much larger than that of canadensis. 



Color. — Underfur of upperparts var3dng from fuscous-black to dark 

 mouse gray at base, succeeded by a broad area of light pinkish cinna- 

 mon shading to pinkish cinnamon on hinder back and to orange- 

 cinnamon on hind legs; long hairs dark chestnut-brown sub terminally, 

 tipped mth light biiff; top of head and face benzo brown to clove 

 brown; sides of face light buff, more or less mixed with brown; fore 

 legs black, overlaid with burnt sienna; hind legs similar but usually 

 less intensely red ; feet black or blackish brown ; tail Vandyke brown 



1 Collectior) T^ield Miis. Nat. Hist. a Collection Univ. of Michigan. 



^ Coiiection Amer. Mus. Nat. Hisi- s Collection Carnegie Museum. 



3 Collection Univ. of Iowa. ^ Collection Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 



* Collection Kansas Univ. Mus. 



