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Gen. IV. — MuSTELA. 



The representative of the European 

 No. 81. erminea, L. stoat, erminea, is the species named 



No. 82. subhemachalana, whiteheadi by myself (J. B. N. H. S. 

 Hodgs. xviii, p. 882, 1908), and similarly 



No. 83. canigula, Hodgs. that of alpinus is longstaffi, described 

 No. 84. alpinus, Gebl. also by myself (J. B. N. H. 8. xx, p. 

 No. 85. Jcathiah, Hodgs. 931, 1911). The other species noted 

 No. 80. strigidorsa, Hodgs. remain as used by Blanford. To meet 



these changes Blanford's key may 

 be modified as follows : — 



Key to the species of Mustela. 

 A. — Tail-tip dusky or black. 



a. Lower parts, white ... ... ... 1. whiteheadi, Wr, 



b. Lower parts, brown ... ... ... '2. subhemachalana, 



Hodgs. 

 B. — Tail-tip not darker. 



a. A pale median dorsal stripe... ... 3. strigidorsa, (Tray. 



b. No dorsal stripe. 



a\ Nose white ... ... ... 4. canigida, Hodgs. 



6". Nose the same coIoxtv as forehead. 

 a^ Size larger. 



a\ Colour above " clay colour " 



below buff ... ... ... 5 . temon, Hodgs. 



h\ Colour above " ecru drab ", 



below white ... ... 6. longstalJi, Wr. 



6^ Size smaller; colour dark brown. 7. kathiah, Hodgs. 



Distribution : — 



1. M. whiteheadi, Wrough- Type locality^- — Kagan, Hazara. 



ton. (Whitehead). 



Other localities : — None. 

 Typej—B. M. No. 8. 10. 3. 1. 



2. M. subhemachalana, 'Rodg- Type locality .-—Nepal. (Hodgson). 



son. Other localities : — Sikkim ; Mogok, 



Upper Burma, 4,400' ; (B. M.)Sikkim 

 (M. S. I.). 



Tyjje:—B. M. No. 43. 1. 12. 12. 

 (Type of humeralis, Blyth, Ind. Mus. 

 Calc. stuffed. No. c. (Darjiling); Type 

 of horsfieldi, Gray, B. M. No. 42. 4."^29. 

 57. (Bhotan) ). 



3. M. s'rigidorsa, Gray. Type locality : — Sikkim. 



Other localities : — Nepal (B. M.). 

 Chin Hills. (M. S. I.). 



Typc—B. M. No. 53. 8. 16. 15. 



