3. MUSTELA. !)1 



Mustela nivalis, Linn. Act. Siiec. vi. t. 8 ; <S'. A', p. 16',>. 

 Common Weasel, Penn. B. Z. i. p. 951, t. 7. f. 17. 



Hah. North Europe, North Asia, England, France (B.M.). 



Var. americana. E.^I. 



Piitorius vulgaris, Richardson, F. B.-A. p. 145. 



Putoi-iiis Cicognani, Richardson, Beechey s Voy. p. 10. 



Mustela vulgaris, Ma.v. Reise, ii. p. 98. 



Mustek pusilla, Dckay, N. Y. p. 134, t. 14. f. 1. 



Putorius pusillus, Aud. i^- Biichni. N. A. Qtiad. ii. p. 100, t. (34 ; Baird, 



M. N. A. p. 159. 

 Common Weasel, Penn. Arctic Zool. p. 75; Pr. 3Iax. Arch. f. Nut. 



1861, p. 229. 



Hob. North America. 



5. Mustela boccamela. B.M. 



Chestnut ; upper lij', inside of limbs, feet, and beneath white ; 

 tail almost half as long as the body, scarcely darker. 



Mustela boccamela, Bechst. Naturr/. Deutschl. ; Stindevall, K. V. Akad. 



Hand. 1841, p. 215 ; Blainv. 'Osteogr. Mustela, t. 13. f. (teeth) ; 



Kuster, Isis, 1835 ; Bmiap. Fauna Pal. t. ; Gray, P. Z. 8. 1865, 



p. 113. 

 Mustela subpalmata, Ehrenb. Syn. 3Iamm. p. 2 ; Sundevall, K. V. 



Akad. Hand. 1842, p. 215. 

 Mustela vulgaris, Ruppell. 



Mustela erminea, var., Nilsson, Sliand. Fauna, p. 157. 

 Boccamela, Cetti, Hist. Sardinice, v. 



Hah. South Europe, North Africa, Algiers (B.M.) ; Cairo (Sun- 

 devall). 



6. Mustela alpina. B.M. 



PiJc yellow-brown ; upper lip, chin, and beneath yellowish white ; 

 head varied with black-tipped hairs ; tail cylindrical, unicolor, not 

 so long as the body and head. 



Mustela alpina, Gray, L. M. B. M. p. 67; P. Z. S. 1865, p. 114. 



INlustela altaica, Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. i. t. 98. 



Mustela gale altaica, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. p. 344. 



Putorius alpiuus, Gehler, Mem. Mosc. vi. p. 213. jL-i / ^ 



Hah. Altai Mountains. fy^t^d^n- 



Varies in the darkness of colour of the lower part of the body ; ^ 



in some specimens it is decidedly paler, ^vith the line of separation 

 well marked. In some specimens the feet are entirely covered with 

 hair ; aiul in others the pads are distinct, but covered with hair at 

 the base. 



ttt Back streaked. 



7. Mustela albinucha. B.M. 



Black ; forehead, crown, aud nape white ; four stripes on the 

 back, converging in front and behind, palc-browuish white ; tail 

 white, tapering. 



