"Citellus beechyi Dec 30 4mi SE Porterville, 500 ft Tulare Co Calif. Shot between 25 and 30 squirrels # of which were procured for specimens. Farrel area - Sierra foothill. (?) die zon - down Sonora. Habitat - Throughout the hilly area of this region but are to be found most numerous in the alluvial cones at the base of the hill. The soil in this case is adobe. The vegetation is grass principally, fawn clover, foxtail, and wild oats. Jan 3 The squirrels appear above ground during the sunny part of the day. They are often to be seen sunning themselves on low & rocks a mounds near their burrow. Jan 9 4mi. E SE White River, 1700 ft Tulare Co Calif. This squirrel was taken by Donald Tappe in one of his steel sets for coyotes. Farrel area - Sierra foothill die zon - Upper Sonora. Habitat: This squirrel was taken at the base of a granite rock pile at the edge of a grass-blue oak association. Jan 11. Another squirrel caught in the same set as the above mentioned."