AHT. 1 MAMMALS FROM CHINA HOWELL 27 



It seems probable that the first five of these specimens mentioned 

 are rather typical. These and the Fiikien example are in winter 

 pelage, which is much brighter and of a more intense color than 

 occurs in true sibirica. The Shanghai skin is in summer pelage, 

 distinctly darker than comparable sibirica. 



MUSTELA SIBIRICA MANCHURICA Brass 



Miii,'<tcla) manchuricH Bkass, Reiche Pelze, 1911, p. 490 (Manchuria). 



Specimens. — Seven: Seoul, Korea. 4; Imienpo, 1, and 120 miles 

 northeast of Sansing, 2 — both localities in Manchuria. 



Winter skins of this race are distinguishable from those of Shansi 

 and Shensi sibirica b}^ the more sooty face and feet. Summer skins 

 may be told from sibirica and davidlana by the darker, richer body 

 color and very dark face. The four Korea skins are juvenal but the 

 two that are in unworn pelage have a peculiar, golden-brown .sheen 

 upon the tips of the guard hairs suggestive of some races of beaver 

 {Cmtor). 



MUSTELA TIARATA Hollister 



Miistela ttarata Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 26, 1913, p. 2 (1.50 

 miles east of Lanchow, Kaiisu). 



Specimens. — Seven, from the following localities in Kansu : 150 

 miles east of Lanchow^ o (including the type) ; 10 miles west of 

 Sining, 1 ; and 120 miles south of Lanchow, 3. 



These are all very uniform and much darker than lineiventer. 



MUSTELA LINEIVENTER Hollister 



Mustela Uneiventer Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wa.sh., vol. 26, 1913, p. 2 

 (Little Altai. Siberia). 



Specimens. — Two from Shansi: Wutsai, one, and a second from an 

 unknown spot. 



No Tibetan examples of larvata are at hand but these two examples 

 do not conform to the descriptions of that animal. On the contrary 

 they match very well the type series of lineiventer. That the latter 

 is but a subspecies seems certain, but whether of the European animal 

 or of larvata remains to be established. 



Genus VORMELA Blasius 



VORMELA NEGANS MUler 



Vorniela negans Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. vol. 3S, 1910, p. .38.5 (Ordos 

 Desert about 100 miles north of Tulinf u, Shensi, China ) . 



Specimens. — Two (including the type) skins without skulls from 

 the type locality. 



In his field notes Mr. Sowerby stated that this is evidently a 

 rare inhabitant of the Ordos. From what he could learn it must 



