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settles undoubtedly the fact of its occurrence in Ohio: “Dr. R. M. Byrnes 
informs me that he captured a specimen of this species near Middletown, 
Ohio; others were seen at the same time. The prairie-like character of 
that portion of the State ought to be favorable to their existence. It is 
also reported to occur at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Dr. Byrnes says, on good au- 
thority.” From Atwater’s History of Ohio, 1838, we have the following 
note: ‘' We have the Gopher, which lives in our wet barrens.” 
SPERMOPHILUS FRANKLINI (Sabine) Lesson. 
GRAY PRAIRIE SQUIRREL; GRAY GOPHER; GRAY-HEADED SPERMOPHILE; FRANKLIN’S 
SPERMOPHILE. 
1822. Arctomys franklint, Sabine, Trans. Linn. Soc., xili, 1822, 587, pl. 
Ou & ibid, Narr. Franklin’s Journ., 1822, 662.—Harlan, Faun. 
Am., 1825, 167.—Godman, Am. Nat. Hist., i1, 1826, 109.—F ischer, 
Syn. Mam., 1829, 348. 
,1827. Spermophilus franklint, Lesson, Man, Mam., 1827, 244.—F. Cuvier, 
Suppl. Buffon, i, 1831, Mamm., 328.—Wagener, Suppl. Schreb., 
111, 1843, 244, pl. cex (“‘Arctomys franklini, Sabine,” on plate).— 
Brandt, Bull. Physico-math., Classe Acad. St. Petersh., 11, 1844, 
379.—Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., ii, 1851,.248, pl. Ixxxiv. 
Schinz, Syn. Mam., 11, 1845, 67.—Kennicott, Pat. Of Rep., 
1856, Agric. (1857), 79, pl. ix.—Baird, Mam. N. Am., 1857, 314, 
pl. xlvi, fig. 4 (skull).—Thomas, Trans. Ill. State Agr. Soc., iv, 
1861, 657.—Hayden, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., Phila., xii, 1863, 145. 
—Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xiii, 1870, 189 (Iowa), xvi, 
1874, 291; Mon. N. A. Rodentia, 1877, 881.—Bishop, Forest and 
Stream, vii, 1877, 342 (its introduction into New Jersey). _ 
1829. <Aretomys (Spermophilus) franklint, Richardson, Faun. Bor. Am., i, 
E 1829, 168, pl. xii. | 
Specific Characters.—Length to base of tail, 9.00 to 10.50 inches; of tail to 
end of vertebra, 5.00 to 6.50; to end of hairs, 6.25 to 8.50. Yellowish-brown 
above, varied with black, the black chiefly in the form of small squarish 
spots; eyelids white; front and sides of head and neck, the thighs and 
buttocks pure gray; top of head gray, sometimes varied more or less with 
yellowish brown; below grayish white; tail grayish white with three 
lines of black, the outer quite broad and broadly edged with white. Har 
small, about .20 high; tail vertebrze about one-half the length of head and 
body; tail distichous, hairs long and abundant; form rather slender; 
pelage harsh, consisting of coarse, stift hairs, without under fur. 
Mstory and Distribution.—This very interesting Spermophile is one of 
the most strongly marked and unmistakable of the genus. It was firs 
