ADDITIONAL WISCONSIN RECORD OF ALLEGHENY 



LEAST WEASEL. 

 (Putorius rixosus alleghenensis Rhoads.) 



By Henry L. Ward. 



In two previous communications in this Bulletin* I have noted 

 the presence of this interesting weasel in Wisconsin, at Burlington 

 and at Prairie du Sac ; the former established by one specimen, 

 the latter by two. 



On March 6th, 191 1, Mr. John J. Eling, at Prescott, on the 

 western border of the state, at the confluence of the St. Croix with 

 the Mississippi River and midway between the northern and 

 southern confines of the state, obtained a specimen which he pre- 

 sented to the Public Museum. This is a female measuring in 

 the flesh 180 mm. in length, tail 38 mm., hind foot 21 mm. Except 

 for a small, partially concealed chestnut spot on the right shoulder 

 and narrow, symmetrical, crescentic lines, 12 mm. in length, curv- 

 ing backward from the anterior corners of the eyes, the chords of 

 their arch forming angles of about 45 degrees with the axes of the 

 eyes, also of chestnut color, it is in winter pelage, that is, pure 

 white with a very sparse, scarcely noticeable caudal pencil of 

 chestnut. 



These three localities now known for the species in Wisconsin 

 happen to have an almost perfect alignment extending from near 

 the S. E. corner of the state N. W. to the middle of its western 

 border. 



Not unlikely its apparent rarity in Wisconsin is due, to a con- 

 siderable extent, to its inconspicuousness ; and further search will 

 probably prove its presence in many other localities; but until 

 this is established, individual records are of sufficient interest to 



warrant publication. 



Public Museum, Milwaukee. 

 April 11th, 1911. 



* Bull. Wis. Nat'l Hist. Soc'y, Vol. V, No. 1, and Vol. VII, Nos. 1 and 2. 



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