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and its terminal pencil are chestnut ; otherwise the animal is white 

 except for a little clouding due to a small number of chestnut 

 colored hair persisting in some places. 



The male was taken January io, T906, in the Town of Merri- 

 mac. Sauk Co., Wis. It is entirely white except for a faint cloud- 

 ing of chestnut on the occiput and forehead and the presence of 

 a terminal pencil of chestnut hair on the tail. 



The measurements of these mounted specimen are : 

 Female, length, 162 mm. tail 32 mm. 

 Male, length 169 mm., tail 35 mm. 



The vertebral lengths of the tails appear to be too great, but I 

 place little significance on these measurements which are probably 

 due to the taxidermic treatment the animals had received. 



Mr. Ochsner writes : "I know that they are rare here as I 

 know only of these two in all my twelve years of mounting and 

 they were taken in deep woods by wood cutters." 



The small size, less than seven inches in total length, of this 

 weasel, coupled, it seems likely, with a preference for the solitude 

 of deep woods has perhaps much to do with its apparent rarity. 

 It is to be hoped that other records of its occurrence in Wisconsin 

 may be forthcoming. 



A SUMMER'S TNSFXT COLLECTING.* 

 By Richard A. Muttkowski. 



Note.— (F), (J), and (B) after the names of species refer to 

 Mr. V. Fernekes, Mr. H. Bower, and Mr. John Jacobs, respec- 

 tively ; and species so marked should be credited "to these collec- 

 tors. 



* Concluded from Vol. VI, Nos. 3-4. p. 169 (October, 190S). 



