t)2 MUSTELIDJi. 



Zorilla albiuucha, Gray, Proc. Zool. Sue. 1864, p. &J, pi. 10. 

 Mustela albinuclia, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1805, p. 114. 



Hab. Africa, Angola (^Sundevall, Tristram). 



This is a Miistela having the coloration of a Zorilla. 



** Face with pale spot in front of ears ; hack uniform ; tail-end black. 

 American. Neogale. 



8. Mustela brasiliensis. (Black-faced Weasel.) B.M. 



Brown; head and tip of tail blackish; spot before ears, another 

 on centre of forehead, chin, and throat white ; chest and belly 

 yeUow. 



Mustela brasiliensis, Sewast. Mem. Acad. Petersh. iv. p. 356, t. 4 



(good), 1813; Gray, P. Z. S. 1805, p. 114. 

 Mustela (Putorius) brasiliensis, D'Orb. Voy. Am^r. Merid. t. 13. 



f. 3 (skull). 

 Mustela frenata, Licht. Darstell. Sciuyeth. t. 42; Gray, Voy. Sidpk. 



t. f. 2. 

 Putorius frenatus, Bachm. N. A. Qitadr. ii. p. 71, t. 60 ; Baird, 



Manmi. N. A. p. 173, t. 77. f. 1, 2 (skull). 

 Mustela javanica, &c., Seba, Thesaur. p. 177, t. 48. f. 4. 

 Mustela erniinea, yar., Pallas, Zooyr. Poss.-Asiat. p. 92 (from Seba). 

 Mustela gale leucogenis, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 344 (from Seba). 



Var. 1. Spot before ears and that on forehead confluent. B.M. 



Var. 2. "With a small white spot under the eyes. B.M. 



In some specimens the feet are white or brown, with white toes ; 

 and in others the feet are brown-yellow. 

 -, t^ , ^Sab. Mexico, Matamoras (i?rt(Vt?) ; California. 



i> fJ^Jy^ Var. 3. brasihana. Feet white ; underside bright yellow. B.M. 



■^i^cto/f, U4''?X- j)j._ Spencer Baird refers M. brasiliensis, Sewastonoff, to this spe- 

 ■tfe B-c^cJ/Z « cies with great doubt, though it is a very good description, and mo- 

 derate but characteristic figure. 



9. Mustela aureoventris. B.M. 



Dark broAvn ; head and tip of tail blacker ; chin and sides of the 

 tkroat white ; a spot in front of ears, throat, chest, insidcs of fore 

 legs, and belly golden yellow ; whiskers black ; tail rather tapering, 

 as long as the body ; soles of the hind feet hairy ; ears rounded, 

 hairy. Length of body and head 12, tail 8 inches. 



Var, Fore feet brown, with one or two toes white. 



Mustela aureoventris. Gray, Proc. Zool. Sue. 1804, p. 55, pi. 8 

 (young); 1865, p. 115; not Mustela auriventer, Hodyson. 



Hab. Ecuador, Quito (ffowZf/) ; New Granada (i^raser). 



This may be a darker variety of the M. brasiliensis, wanting the 

 spot on the forehead. The young from Quito is much darker than 

 the adult ; M. xccnthor/eiiys is intermediate as regards the spot on 

 the head. 



