PUTORIUS. 427 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. c. richardsoni, but smaller and with 

 smaller ears. Skull: with very broad rostral and interorbital por- 

 tions and broad nasals; postpalatal fossa small, U-shaped; audital 

 bullae small, flat. 



Color. Above dark brown tinged with golden; beneath white 

 tinged with sulphur yellow; toes white on all feet. 



Measurements. Total length, 295; tail vertebrae, 82; hind foot, 

 37; ear from crown, 19. Skull: total length, 40; zygomatic breadth, 

 20.5; length of nazals, 7; width of nasals at middle, 3.5; palatal 

 length, 14; interorbital breadth, 9; postorbital breadth, 9.5; across 

 postorbital processes, 11; mastoid breadth, 14; length of bullae, 12; 

 width of bullae, 7; length of mandible, 20; length of molar series, 9; 

 height of mandible at coronoid process, 9. 



1031. Putorius streatori Merriam. 



Ptitorius streatori Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 11, 1896, p. 13. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 345. Zool. 

 Ser. 

 Streator's Weasel. 



Type locality. Mount Vernon, Skagit Valley, Skagit County, 

 Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. Coast of Oregon and Washington to Puget Sound. 



a. Putorius streatori leptus Merriam. 



Putorius streatori leptus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvi, 1903, 

 p. 76. 

 Feeble Weasel. 



Type locality. Silverton, Colorado. 



Geogr. Distr. Range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. streatori, but smaller; black tip to tail, 

 15 mm. 



Color. Summer Pelage. Above uniform drab brown ; end of tail 

 black; under parts and inner side of limbs to wrists and ankles, 

 white ; rest of limbs and feet brown like the back ; toes on fore feet 

 white; those of hind feet mixed brown and white. 



Measurements. Total length, 243; tail vertebrae, 64; hind foot, 

 31. Skull: basal length, 31.5; Hensel, 30.5; zygomatic breadth, 

 17.5; interorbital breadth, 7.5; palatal length, 13; postpalatal 

 length, 18; length of tooth row with canine, 9. 



1032. Putorius muricus Bangs. 



Putorius (Arctogale) muricus Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, 

 I, 1899, p. 71. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, Append., p. 434. Zool. Ser. 



