METHODS, MATERIALS, AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Capitalized color terms, which are used in descriptions and comparisons, are of Ridgway, "Color Standards and Color Nomenclature," Washington, D. C., 1912. In the synonymy of each subspecies there appears only the first usage of a name, second the first usage of the name combination now employed unless a new combination is proposed by me, and third pure synonyms. The last is recognizable as such because the type locality is appended to each. Unless otherwise specified, all specimens are in the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. The various collections of institutions and of private persons are indicated by the following symbols: AM--American Museum of Natural History. BS--United States Biological Surveys Collection. CM--Colorado Museum of Natural History. DC--Collection of Donald R. Dickey (now the collection of the University of California at Los Angeles). FC--Collection of James S. Findley. KU--Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. MM--Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. NM--United States National Museum. UU--Museum of Zoology, University of Utah. WC--Collection of Edward R. Warren, Colorado College. Of the external measurements, only the total length and the length of the tail are recorded in table 1. Some field collectors measured the ear from the notch and others from the crown; most collectors measured the length of the hind foot to the nearest millimeter rather than in tenths of a millimeter, as would have been desired. Consequently, I decided against using the lengths of the ear and hind foot in the study here reported on. The measurements of the skull were made as shown in figure 1. [Illustration: FIG. 1. Dorsal view of skull and a lateral and a medial view of the right lower jaw to show points between which measurements of the skull were taken. x 1-3/4. Based on _Eutamias ruficaudus ruficaudus_, from 6 mi. S St. Mary, 6500 ft., Glacier Co., Montana. A to A'--greatest length of skull; B to B'--length of nasals; C to C'--zygomatic breadth; D to D'--least interorbital constriction; E to E'--cranial breadth; F to F'--inner mandibular length; G to G'--condylo-alveolar length of mandible.] A total number of 434 specimens are listed as examined in this study, and additionally, numerous other specimens were superficially examined in the United States Biological Surveys Collection. Bacula of each of the named kinds of chipmunks in this paper, were examined. Whenever two or more samples are stated to be significantly different, the meaning is that the difference is statistically significant. The geographic distribution of each subspecies and the localities of specimens or series of specimens are plotted on the map (fig. 2).