NO. 1990. MAMMALS FROM THE ALTAI MOUNTAINS— UOLLISTER. 513 



MUSTELA LYMANI HoUister. 



1912. Mustela lymani Hollister, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No. 14, p. 5, 

 November 29. 



A stoat was seen running over the rocks at our Tschornia Creek 

 camp, early in the morning, July 1. At the camp in the timber 5 

 miles south of Tapucha Ave were fortunate enough to shoot the adult 

 male which was afterwards made the type of this new species. No 

 weasels of the M. nivalis group were seen; several skins in full winter 

 pelage, noted in the trading post at Kosh-Agatch, were of the larger 

 species and doubtless lymani. Kastschenko has, however, recorded 

 M. nivalis from the River Komoorlu in his report on the collection 

 made by the Tomsk University expedition of 1901.^ 



MUSTELA (PUTORIUS) LINEIVENTER Hollister. 



1913. Mustela lineiventer Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 26, p. 2, 

 January 18. 



Three specimens, all fully adult, from about 9,000 feet in the open 

 alps at Tchegan-Burgazi Pass, July 8, 10, and 23. All were trapped 

 at marmot burrows, and the habits of the animals seem to be much 

 like those of the American black-footed ferret. We saw a number 

 of skins of this polecat in the trading post at Kosh-Agatch, and our 

 Kalmuck and Tartar camp men knew the animal well, using for it 

 the Russian name '^Icar-yoke' ,^' which doubtless includes the related 

 Mustela eversmanni, an animal not obtained by us. The polecats 

 were perhaps even more infested with fleas than were the ground 

 squirrels and marmots. 



MELES AMURENSIS ALTAICUS Kastschenko. 



1901. Meles amurensis altaicus Kastschenko, Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. St.-P6ters- 

 bourg, vol. G, p. 613. 



We purchased a single skin of this badger. It was collected north 

 of Kosh-Agatsh in the Baskkaous Valley country. No signs of badg- 

 ers were noted in the border mountain range. 



PHODOPUS CREPIDATUS Hollister. 



1912. Phodopus crepidatus Hollister, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No. 14, p. 3, 



November 29. 



Our single night's trapping in the center of the Chuisaya Steppe, 

 July 28, added 16 of these little hamsters to our collection, and 

 several other specimens not preserved were caught. The burrows are 

 closed by the animals during the day, and there is little evidence of 

 the abundance of the species until the visit to the traps in the morning. 

 A single specimen was caught by Kain, in his hands, on the mountain 

 above Tschornia Creek, at 10,000 feet altitude, July 26. Our per- 



1 Ann. Mus. Zool. St.-P^tersbourg, vol. 7, 1902, p. 291. 

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