406 



CARNIVORA 



head and body, 173 ; tail, 62 ; hind foot, 34. 

 measurements see Table, p. 410. 



For cranial 



Specimens examined. — Forty-six, from the following localities : — 



France. — Valescure, Var, 2 ; Agay, Var, 1. 



Switzerland : Somvico, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Boguo, Ticino, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.); Buggiolo, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.); San Lucio, Ticino, 1 ; 

 Poschiavo, Grisons, 4 (U.S.N.M. and Mottaz, including type of major). 

 These Swiss specimens are intermediate between ioccamela and nivalis, 

 though nearer the former. 



Italy : Padola, Cadore, 1 (Turin), not typical ; Turin, 1 ; near Genoa, 1 ; 

 near Verona, 3 ; near Florence, 2 (U.S.B.M.) ; near Rome, 2. 



Sicily : Balestrate, 2 ; Marsala, 3 ; Palermo, 5 (B. M. and U.S.N.M.). 



Sardinia : No exact locality, 4 ; Cagliari, 3. 



Malta; No exact locality, 3 ; Ghallis, 4; Bingemma Fort, 1. 



Roumania ; Malcoci, Dobrudscha, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Bemarhs. — Although showing a perplexing amount of indi- 

 vidual variation'"' the weasel of the central Mediterranean region 

 must be regarded as distinct from that of central and northern 

 Europe. A small percentage of southern specimens cannot be 

 identified with certainty ; but typical fully adult males of 

 boccamela are strikingly different from the animal occurring 

 north of the Alps. 



6. Valescure, Var, France. 

 6. Agay, Var. 

 9. St. Lucio, Ticino, Switzer- 

 land. {E. H. Zollikofer.) 



5. Turin, Italy. 



6. Genoa, Liguria. 



2 c5, 1 9. Verona (Conte clegli Odcli). 



(99. 

 6. Balestrate, Sicily. 

 4 6. Palermo. 



2 c5, 1 9. Marsala. 



G. S. Miller (c). 

 G. S. Miller (c). 

 0. Thomas (p). 



8. 8. 4. 170. 

 8. 8. 4. 169. 

 2. 8. 4. 27. 



6, 2 al. 

 3al. 



]UV. 



9. 



3 (5, 1 9. 



9. 



Cagliari, Sardinia. 



Sardinia. 



Sardinia. 



IMalta. 



IMalta. (Micallef.) 



Ghallis. 



Bingemma Fort. 



E. C a V e n d i s h 5. 5. 6. 11. 



Taylor (p). 

 Lord Lilford (p). 95. 11. 4. 1. 



0. Thomas (p). 99. 11. 11. 1-8. 



11. 11. 1. Type of italiciis Barr.-Ham.) 

 J. I. S. Whi'taker (p). 95. 3. 4. 4. 

 J. I. S. Whitaker (p). 98. 10. 6. 8. 



95. 3. 4. 1-3. 

 J. I. S. Whitaker (p). 95. 3. 4. 5-7. 

 (95. 3. 4. 5. Tiipe of siculus B.-Ham.) 

 E. N. Buxton V)- 95. 4. 16. 1-3. 

 Genoa Museum (p). 86. 11. 8. 1-3. 

 Purchased (Linnsea, 86. 7. 10. 2. 



Berlin). 



C. A. Wright (p). 

 C. A. Wright (p). 

 C. A. Wright (p). 

 C. A. Wright (p). 



94. 11. 26. 1. 



95. 1. 2. 1. 

 7. 7. 6. 1-4. 

 7. 7. 6. 5. 



* Studied in much detail by Cavazza, Ricerche sui "Putorius nivalis" 

 e sui " Putorius ermineus " d' Italia (Bologna, Zanichelli), 1908, Studien 

 iiber die in Italien vorkommenden Wleselarten der Untergattung Arctogale 

 (Zool. Anzeiger xxxiv, pp. 582-603), 1909, Sulle Donnole e suU' Ermellino 

 in Italia (Boll. Soc. Zool. Ital. xviii), 1909, and Contributo alia conoscenza 

 della vita e delle abitudini della Donnola, Putorius nivalis, Linn. (ibid. 

 xix, pp. 65-82), 1910. 



