J*4 JIUSTELID.*:. 



Mustela wiiiing-us, Barton, Am. Phil. Trans, vi. p. 70, 1809. 



Mustela minx, Ord, Guthrie'' s Geog. pp. 281, 298. 



Mustela (Lutreola) vison, TVar/n. Schrcb. Siqipl. ii. p. 241. 



Lutra vison, Shate, G. Zool. i. p. 448. 



Putoriiis vison, Gapper, Zool. Journ. v. p. 202 ; And. Sf- Bachm. N. A. 



Quadr. i. p. 250, t. 33; Baird, Mamm. N. A. t. 37. f. 23 (skull). 

 Visou, Buffon, H. N. xiii. p. 308, t. 43. 

 Vison lutreocephalus, Gray, P. Z. S. I860, p. 116. 

 Jackasli, Hearne. Fontereau, La Ilontan. Otay, Sagard. Mink, 



or Minx, Fur-traders, N. A. 



Var. 1. Darker; throat and chest not spotted. 



Hah. Vancouver's Island {Dr. Lord). B.M. 



Var. 2, Chin entirely brown. B.M. 



Var. 3. Small; darker. 



Putorius nigrescens, Baird, Mamm. N. A. 180; Aud. ^- Bachm. 

 N. A. Quadr. 2nd edit. iii. 104, t. 124. 



Hab. North America. 



This animal has been confounded with Mustela lutreola, which is 

 at once known from the Vison by the white spot on the side of the 

 nose and the size of the tubercular tooth. 



Dr. Spencer Baird thinks that the Mustela rufa of Ham. Smith 

 (Jardine, Nat. Libr. Mamm. xiii. p. 189) is intended either for the 

 Vison or the Pine-Marten (see Mamm. N. A. p. 177). 



b. The upper tuhercuJar grinder small, transverse, the inner half scarcely 

 larger than the outer ; ujtper lip white in front. Old- World. Lutreola. 



2. Vison lutreola. (Mank, Nurec.) B.M. 



Black-brown ; tail-end blacker ; spot on side of nose, on upper 

 lip, and chin white. 



Mustela lutreola, Linn. S. A', i. p. 66 ; Pallas, Sjtic. Zool. xiv. p. 46, 



t. 8. f. 1. 

 Viverra lutreola, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 5. 

 Lutra lutreola, Shaiv ; Gloqer, N. Act. Acad. N. Cur. xiii. p. 501 ; 



Baird, Mamm. N. A. t. 37. f. 23. 

 Fffitorius lutreola, Keys. ^- Bias. W. E. p. 21. 

 Lutra minor, Erxl. Syst. i. p. 451. 

 Tuhcuri leche, Vet. Akad. Hand. 1789, p. 302, t. 40. 

 Vison lutreola, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 117. 

 Mank, Kilsson, Ilium.. Fig. p. 2, t. 8. 

 ? Marsh-Otter, Langsdorff. 



Hah. Europe. 



3. Vison sibirica. (Italse.) B.M. 



Pale bro-mi ; head blackish, varied ; spot on each side of nose, on 

 upper and lower lips, and front of chin white ; tail-end pale brown, 

 like back. Varies, throat more or less white. 



Mustela sibirica, Pall. Spic. Zool. xiv. p. 86, t. 4. f. 2. 

 Mustela italsi, Temm. Faun. Japmi. p. 34. 



