PUTOKIUS LUTREOLA MU8TELA. 221 



Putorius Washington! Merriani. Biological SiiiNcy collcttion. 



North Aiiier. Fanua, No. 11, pp. 18-19, pi. 4, tigt^. 3-4, June 30, 189G. 

 76322. Skin and skull. Adult male. Trout Lake, })ase of Mount 

 Adani.s, ^^'ashint>•ton. DtH-eniber 15, 1895. Collected b}- D. N.' 

 Kaeiii. Orioinal number 2. 



Well-mado skin in pnxl condition; sknll i)orfect, cxcopt for a))Honcf of loft 

 outer upper ineisor. 



Genus LUTREOLA. 



Lutreola vison ingens Osgood. 



North Amor. Fauna, No. 19, p. 42, pi. 4, lig. 2, October 6, 1900. 

 <»530. Skull oidy. Old adult, probabh^ male. Fort Yiikon, Alaska. 

 February 15, 1862. Collected by Robert Kennicott. Orioinal 

 number 262. Catalogued in spring- of 1865. 

 Skull perfect. 



Lutreola vison lacustris Preble. Biological Survey rolled ion. 



North Amer. Fauna, No. 22, p. 66, October 31, 1902. 

 106S72. Skin and skull. Young adult male. Echimamish River, 

 Keewatin, Canada. September 14, 1900. Collected by E. A. and 

 A. E. Preble. Original niun])er 351S. 



Well-made skin in jjood condition ; skull perfect, except for broken tip of left 

 nasal and sli<j;ht fracture of left i)arietal. 



Lutreola macrodon Prentiss. 



Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., XXVI, No. 1336, p. 887, fig. a, July 6, 190:',. 

 II.^ITS. Fragments of skull. Pre-Columbian shell heaps, Brooklin, 

 Hancock County, Maine. 1897. Collected ))y Drs. F. W. True 

 and 1). W. Prentiss, Jr. 



" ('(indition of ti/pe. — Fragments of sknll c<jmposed of the superior maxilla', 

 portion.s of the nasals, riglit zygoma, and palate extending 6 mm. l)ack of molars. 

 All the teeth are present on the riglit side, three incisors and one premolar on 

 the left side. The teeth are in excellent condition except the canine, which is 

 broken at the point, and porti(jn of enamel missing. The bones are very brittle 

 and of a yellowish color on their broken surface." Prentiss, loc. cit. 



Genus MUSTELA. 



Mustela americana abieticola Pr('l)h'. 



North Amer. Fauna, No. 22, p. 68, October 31, 1902. 

 3lli;2- Skin and skeleton. Adult male. Cumberland TTou.se, Sas- 

 katchewan, Canada. February, 1890. Collected by R. Mac Far- 

 lane. Original ninnber 54. Catalogued Januar}^ 17, 1891. 



Rather poorly made skin, but in good condition. The entire skeleton is 

 present. Tlie digits of the fore feet, tlie middle and distal phalanges of the 

 digits of the hind feet, and the last few caudal vertebra^ are in the skin. The 

 skull IS slightly injured, posterior half of left zygoma broken, left audital bulla 

 and adjoining portions of basis cranii broken. 



