4. vrsoN. 95 



Mustela natsi, Temm. Faun. Japim. t. 7. f. 2 (mispiiut). 

 Yison sibirica, Ormj, I\ Z. S. 1805, p. 117. 



Hab. Siberia (B.M.); Himalaya (5.J/.) ; Japan (iJ.iV.); China, 

 Formosa (Swlnhoe, B.M.). 



Like V. lutreola ; but much paler and smaller, and tail rather 

 longer, compared with length of the body. Varies greatly in the 

 quantity of white on the chin and throat. Males much smaller. 



4. Vison canigula. B.M. 



Pale reddish brown, scarcely paler beneath ; face, chin, throat, 

 sides of neck, and chest white ; tail as long as the body and head, 

 coloured like the back ; feet whitish. 



Mustela canigula, ITodf/son, J. A. S. Beng. xi. p. 274, 1842. 

 Yison canigiila, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 117. 



Var. (male ?). Fur darker ; face less white ; chest brown-and- 

 white mottled. 15.M. 



Mustela Hodgsonii, Graij, Ann. i^- Mag. N. H. xi. p. 118, 1843: List 

 31. B. M. p. 06. 



Hah. Nepal HUls. 



5. Vison Horsfieldii. B.M. 



Dark red-brown, scarcely paler beneath ; under lip white ; tail 

 elongate, slender, not so long as the body, rather darker at the end. 



Vison Horsfieldii, Gray, P. Z. S. 18G5, p. 118. 

 Var. 1. Chin white; a small white spot on chest. B.M. 



Var. 2. Chin brown ; edge of under lip only white. B.M. 



Mustela Horsfieldii, Gray, Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. 184-3, p. 113. 

 Hah. India, Bhootan (iJ.il/.). 

 Var. 3. Lighter brown. B.M. 



Mustela italsi, Verreaux (not Temm.). 

 Hah. Japan ? {B.M.). 



6. Vison subhemachalana. B.M. 



Pale red bay, scnrcely paler beneath ; nose blackish ; sraaU spot 

 on each side of nose, the chin, and sides of lower jaw. and two or 

 three STibconfluent spots on the chest white ; tail elongate, and 

 shorter than the bodj- and head, black at the tip ; body and head 13, 

 tail to tip 7 inches. 



Mustela sublicmaphalana, Gray, C. M. B. M. p. 07 ; Gerrard, Cat. 



Bones B. M. p. 95. 

 Putorius subheiniichalana, Hodg^. Journ. A. S. B. 1837, p. 303 ; 



Wagner, Sclirch. S'lippl. ii. p. 234. 

 Vison suhliemachalaun. Gray, P. Z. S. 1805, p. 118. 



Hah. India, Nepal. 



