PUTORIUS. 349' 



Color. Summer Pchii^c. Upper parts dark raw umber brown, 

 darkest on head; terminal part of tail black; brown spot at corner 

 of mouth; outer side of forearm to wrist, and hind foot to toes like 

 back. Chin white. L'nder parts orange yellow, including fore feet 

 and under side of hind leg to ankle; under side of tail golden chest- 

 nut. Anal region chestnut brown. 



IVinlvr Pelage. White. 



Measurements. Total length, 423; tail vertebrae, 164; hind 

 foot, 48. 



515. arizonensis. {Putorius), Mearns, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.. 



1S91, pp. 234, 235. 



Type locality. San Francisco Forest, near Flagstaff, Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains into British 

 Columbia, not north of Siskiyou Mountains, in Cascade Range. 



Genl. Char. Like P. longicaudus, but smaller. 



Color. Summer Pelage. Upper parts raw umber brown, darker 

 on head; terminal part of tail black; chin and upper lip white; un- 

 der parts, upper surface of fore feet, inner half of hind feet and the 

 hind toes ochraceous yellow. 



Measurements. Type. Total length, 302; tail vertebra;, 109; 

 liind limb, knee joint to end of claws, 56. 



516. alleni. {Puiorius), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. ii,i8g6, p. 24. 

 Type locality. Custer, Black Hills, South Dakota. 



Geogr. Distr. Black Hills, South Dakota. 



Genl. Char. Like P. arizonensis: upper parts more yellow, 

 audital bullae flatter. 



Color. Upper parts golden brown with an olivaceous tinge, head 

 dark brown; upper lip and chin white; under parts, inner sides of 

 legs, fore feet, hind toes, and under side of tail deep buffy yellow. 



Measurements. Type. Totallength, 372; tail vertebras, 137; hind 

 foot, 14. 



517. xanthogenys. {Mustela), Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1843. 



p. 118. 



Type locality. Southern California, near San Diego. 



Geogr. Distr. Both sides of Sierra Nevada, southern California. 



Genl. Char. Size medium, tail long, face with white marks. 



Color. Summer Pelage. Upper parts raw umber brown, tinged 

 with golden, head darker; rectangular spot between eyes and broad 

 oblique band between eye and ear whitish; end of tail black; brown 

 spot behind corner of mouth; chin white; under parts, fore feet, 

 inner side, and toes of hind feet ochraceous. 



Winter Pelade. Drab brown. 



