he mentioned
resemblance in color between specimens from the Olympic Mountains and
those of _T. t. cooperi_ from the Cascade Mountains is not significant
taxonomically. To us, all of the animals of the species _Tamias
townsendii_ from the Olympic Peninsula seem best referred to the
subspecies _Tamias townsendii townsendii_ Bachman.

~Tamias striatus ohionensis~ Bole and Moulthrop

A. H. Howell (Jour. Mamm., 13:166, May 14, 1932) referred a specimen
(252979 USNM) from Athens, Ohio, to _Tamias striatus fisheri_.
Subsequently, Bole and Moulthrop (Sci. Publs. Cleveland Mus. Nat. Hist.,
5:83-181, September 11, 1942) named _Tamias striatus ohionensis_ and
_Tamias striatus rufescens_, both of which occur in Ohio. They (_op.
cit._: 137) also excluded _T. s. fisheri_ from the state list of mammals
of Ohio. The locality of Athens lies between the ranges of _T. s.
ohionensis_ and _T. s. rufescens_, as outlined by referred specimens,
and thus the identity of the specimen from that place was left in doubt.
We have examined the specimen and among named kinds find that it most
closely resembles _T. s. ohionensis_ in its less widely spreading
zygomata, slender incisors and dull-colored pelage. We prefer the
specimen to _T. s. ohionensis_.

The subspecific identity of specimen No. 174762 USNM, a skin only, from
Nobleville, Hamilton Co., Indiana, assigned by Howell (N. Amer. Fauna,
52:21, November 30, 1929) to _T. s. griseus_ and by Lyon (Amer. Mid.
Nat., 17(1):191, January, 1936) to _T. s. fisheri_, was left in doubt by
Bole and Moulthrop's (_op. cit._) assignment of specimens to _T. s.
ohionensis_. Although the specimen lacks a skull and tail, on the basis
of its dull-colored pelage and dark brown (anteriorly) median dorsal
stripe, we identify No. 174762 as _T. s. ohionensis_. For the same
reason, specimen No. 125445 USNM, from Bascom, Indiana, referred by
Howell (_op. cit._:16) to _T. s. striatus_, and by Lyon (_op. cit._:191)
to _T. s. fisheri_, required re-examination. The specimen appears to be
an intergrade between _T. s. striatus_ and _T. s. ohionensis_; it is
probably best referred to the latter subspecies which it resembles in
having short nasals. In color it is intermediate, but it does not
possess the narrowly spreading zygomata of _T. s. ohionensis_ and, in
this respect, more nearly approaches _T. s. striatus_.

Specimen No. 13815 USNM, an alcoholic, from Wheatland, Knox Co.,
Indiana, was assigned by Howell (_op. cit._