XXXVI. 



Common Weasel, Short-tailed Weasel or Ermine of 

 the Woods; Bonaparte Weasel; Brown Weasel. 



Putorius cicog7ianii (Bonaparte). 



(L. Putorius, see ante; cicognanii, named in honor of Felice Cicognani, an Italian.) 



Mustela cicognanii Bonaparte, 1838, Iconogr. Faun. Ital. I, 



fasc. XXII, p. 4. 

 Putorius cicognanii RiCHARDSON, 1 839, Zoology of Beechey's 



Voyage, p. 10. 

 Type Locality. — North-eastern North America. 



French Canadian, VHcrmine; le Roselet; la Belette 



de Bonaparte. 

 Cree, Saut., & OjIB., Shing-givus'. 

 Chipewyan, Tel-ky'-lay. 

 Yankton Sioux, He-tong-ka-ska. 

 Ogallala Sioux, He-tu-kah'-san. 



This is the common Weasel about barnyards near the 

 woods in Manitoba. At a short distance, in summer coat, it 

 looks like a brown Squirrel with a white throat and paws, and 

 a very small tail; it is mostly seen on the ground. 



In addition to the generic characters {Putorius, see p. 872) 

 it has the following: 



Length, 12 inches (305 mm.); tail, 4 inches (102 mm.); 

 hind-foot, i^ inches (38 mm.). 



The female may be one-fifth or even one-fourth smaller. 



General colour above, dark brown; tip third of tail black; 

 no dark spot behind corners of mouth; under parts, including 

 upper lip, chin, throat and front feet, white, sometimes tinged 

 with yellow; hind-feet, pale brownish-white. 



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