PUTORIUS. 533 



ochraceous yellow to orange; inner sides of hind legs and hind feet, 

 and the toes yellow or orange ; the color of the feet is almost always 

 the same as that of the under parts; tail same color as back all 

 around, with a short black tip. 



Measurements. Total length, male, 455-505; tail vertebra?, 170- 

 203; hind foot, 45-53. Skull: basal length, 52.5; Hensel, 51; zygo- 

 matic breadth, 33.5; mastoid width, 23.5; across postorbital pro- 

 cesses, 13.5; interorbital width, 9.5; palatal length, 20.5; postpalatal 

 length, 23*2. 



a. neoinexicanus (Putorius), Barb. & Cockrell, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Scien. Phil., 1898, p. 188. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, 



P- 35i- 

 Rio GRANDE BRIDLED WEASEL. 



Type locality. Shore of Armstrong Lake, Mesilla Valley, near the 

 Rio Grande, Donna Ana County, New Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Probably northeastern Mexico to 200 miles north 

 in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. frenatus, but paler; white markings on 

 the head more extensive; occipital condyles more produced behind. 



Color. Head brownish black, a quadrangular patch between the 

 eyes, joining broad bands between eyes and ears, creamy white, the 

 bands grading into the color of the under parts; face speckled with 

 whitish; small whitish mark behind ears; upper parts and limbs pale 

 yellowish ochre; under parts similar but lighter; tail tinged with red- 

 dish; tip black; feet pallid. 



Measurements. Total length, 500; tail, 205; hind foot, 50. Skull: 

 total length, 54; greatest breadth, 32; interorbital breadth, 14.5; 

 foramen magnum to plane of last molar, 34. 



b. goldmani (Putorius), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. n, 1896, p. 28. 

 GOLDMAN'S BRIDLED WEASEL. 



Type locality. Pinabete, State of Chiapas, Mexico. Altitude, 

 8,200 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Chiapas, Mexico; range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. frenatus; tail and hind feet longer; 

 upper parts darker; black on head and tail more extensive. 



Color. Upper parts with fore and hind feet dark chestnut brown, 

 washed with black from shoulders anteriorly grading into pure black 

 on head; patch between eyes and narrow band between eye and ear 

 white; black spot at angle of mouth; under parts salmon ochraceous, 

 extending to wrists posteriorly ; apical third of tail black. 



Measurements. Total length, 504; tail vertebrae, 201; hind 

 foot, 58. 



