MUSTELA. 885 



hucopus, Kuhl, Beitr. , 1820, p. 74. 



huro, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat., 1823, p. 256. 



zibellina. Pall. Zool. Ross. Asiat. , 1831, i, p. 82. 



Type locality. Upper Missouri? 



Geogr. Distr. Boreal North America west to Rocky Mountains, 

 south to New York. 



Genl. Char. Tail half the length of body, bushy; ears large, 

 broad; soles of feet hidden in hair; body long, legs short. Skull long 

 and slender, anteorbital constriction considerable; auditory bullae 

 large; zygomatic arch non-vertical, highest posteriorly. Last molar 

 small; inner cusp of lower second molar wanting or rudimentary. 



Color. Head grayish brown, darkest on the nose, which is more 

 of a smoke brown. Throat and spot on breast rich orange. General 

 tint of the body orange brown clouded with black or blackish brown 

 on the back and belly. Legs and feet and upper part of tail black. 

 Under part of tail, save tip, rufous. The color of this species varies 

 greatly, but the above may be regarded as the general style. Claws 

 white. 



Measuriiiunts. Totallength, 465; tail, 136: hind foot, 66. Skull: 

 occipito-nasal length, 66; Hensel, 64; zygomatic width, 34; mastoid 

 breadth, 30; anteorbital width, 13; length of pterygoid fossa; 10. 



500. atrata. {Mustela), Bangs, Am. Nat., 1897, p. 162. 



Type locality. Baj' St. George, Newfoundland. 



Geogr. Distr. Newfoundland. 



Genl. Char. Pelage dark colored. Skull has rostrum narrow; 

 bulla; larger than in .)/. anitricana : dentition weaker. 



Color. ''Deep chocolate, becoming black on back, head, arms, 

 legs, rump and tail; a few white hairs scattered along the back; chest 

 and under side of neck irregularly blotched with orange; a median 

 line of orange on belly; ears black, narrowly bordered all around with 

 dull white; a patch of yellowish white hairs in front of opening of 

 ear." 



Measurements. ''Total length, 548; tail vertebrae. 185; hind foot, 

 89; ear from notch, 43. Skull: basilar length, 69.2; zygomatic 

 breadth, 42; mastoid breadth, 34.2; across roots of canine teeth, 14.2; 

 length of mandible, 49.6." (Bangs, 1. c.) 



a. — caurina. {Mustila), Merr. , N. Am. Faun., No. 4, 1890, p. 27. 



Type locality. Gray's Harbor, Chehalis County, Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. Northwest coast of California to Puget Sound, 

 possibly farther north. 



Gtnl. Char. Color of pelage similar to .1/. awtruana. Skull is 



