348 PUTORIUS. 



512. longicaudus. {Mush-hj), Bon. Charlsw. Mag. Nat. Hist., N. S., 



1838, pp. 37, 38. 



erminea, Rich. Faun. Bor. Am., 1829, pp. 46-47. (Part.) 



Type locality. Carlton House, North Saskatchewan River, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Great Plains, Kansas, northward. 



Genl. Char. Size large, tail very long. Skull compared with 

 those of P. noveboracoisis and P. ivashingtojii is broader and shorter, 

 with the zygomatic arch more spreading; postorbital processes longer; 

 postorbital constriction deeper; audital bullae broader and more rect- 

 angular. 



Color. Upper parts pale yellowish brown, head darker; chin and 

 upper lip white; under parts, upper side of fore feet, inner side of 

 hind feet and toes buff or ochraceous. Terminal part of tail black, 

 under side yellowish. 



Winter Pelage. White. 



Measurements. Total length, 450; tail vertebras, 165; hind 

 foot, 51. 



a.^oribasus. [Putorius), Bangs, N. Eng. Zool. Club, 1899, i, p, 81. 



Type locality. Kettle River, British Columbia. 



Genl. Char. Like P. longicaudus, but darker brown above. 



Color. Above bister, darkest on head; upper lip and chin white, 

 under parts, inside of legs, both fore and hind, buff yellow; feet above 

 whitish; tail beneath for two-thirds its length buff yellow, tip black. 



Measurements. Female. Total length, 302; tail vertebras, 150; 

 hind foot, 46. 



513. spadix. {Piitoriiis), Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1896, pp. 



8,9- 



Type locality. Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 



Geogr. Distr. Minnesota, exact limits unknown. 



Genl. Char. Like P. longicaudus, but darker colored. 



Color. Summer Pelage. Upper parts chocolate brown, head 

 darker; chin and upper lip white; under parts, inside of legs, feet and 

 toes white tinged with yellow. Tail like neck, tip black. 



Winter Pelage. Pure white. 



Measurements. Total length, 450 ; tail vertebrae, 171 ; hind 

 foot, 54. Female much smaller. 



514. saturatus. (Putorius), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 11, i8g6, p. 21. 

 Type locality. Siskiyou, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Oregon, Washington and part of British Colum- 

 bia, in Cascade and Siskiyou Mountains. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. arizoncnsis, but larger and darker, dis- 

 tinct spots behind corners of the mouth. 



