116 
Syst. Ree. Anim., 1777, 426—Desm., Mam., 1822, 339 (Gn 
part).—Harlan, Faun. Amer., 1825, 183 (Gn part).—Godman, ii, 
1826, 142.—Emmons, Quad. Mass., 1840, 68.—Thompson, Hist. 
Vermont, 1842, 46—DekKay, New York Zool., i, 1842, 62, pl. 
Xvi, fig. 2. 
. 1756. Sciurus carolinensis, Brisson, Quad., 1756, 135. 
1784. Myoxus striatus, Boddeert, Elenchus Animal., i, 1784, 122. 
1788. Sciurus striatus americanus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 150—Vischer, 
_ Synop. Mam., 1829, 348. | 
1820. Tamias americana, Kuhl, Beitrags zur Zodlogie, 1820, 69.—Gray, 
Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8d series, xx, 1867, 436 (—T. striatus, 
Baird). 
1829. Sciurus americanus, Fischer, Synop., 1829, 349 (=T. americana, 
Kuhl). 
1829. Scwwrus (Tamias) lystert, Richardson, Faun. Bor.-Amer., i, 1829, 181, 
pl. xv.—Doughty’s Cab. Nat. Hist., 1, 1830, 169, pl. xv. 
1843. Tamas lysteri, Wagner, Suppl. Schreber’s Saug., iti, 1843, 232, pls. 
CCX1V, ccxix.—Schinz, Synop. Mam., ii, 1845, 47.— Aud. & Bach., 
Quad. N. Amer., 1, 1849, 65, pl. vili.—Giebel, Saug., 1855, 639.— 
Maximilian, Archiv. f. Naturgesch., 1861, 79. 
1807. Tamas striatus, Baird, 11th Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1857, 55, 
foot note; Mam. N. Am., 1857, 292, pl. xlvi, fig 2—Kennicott, 
Rep. U. S. Pat. Off. Agric. for 1856 (1857), 70, pl. viii —Thomas, 
Trans. Ill. State Agr. Soc., iv, 1860, 657.—Gilpin, Trans. Nova 
Scotia Inst. Nat. Sci., ii, pt. 3, 1870, 15 (Nova Scotia).—Allen, 
- Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodl., 1, 1869, 225; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 
xvi, 1874, 189; Mon. N. A Rodentia, 1877, 7382.—Jordan, Man. 
; Vert., 1878. 
1861. Sciwrus (Tamias) striatus, Hall, Canad. Nat. and Geol., 1861, 290.— 
Adams, Field and Forest Rambles, 1873, 100 (New Brunswick). 
Specific Characters.—Leneth of head and body, 5.75; tail to end of ver- 
tebra, 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 
vellowish; 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 
