102 NORTH AMERICAN MUSTELID.E. 



The liVea!*el. 



Piitorius (Gale) vulg'aris. 



Plate YI. Figs. 2, 4. 

 (rt. Old World references.) 



Mustela, Variorum ('Ocsn. Qaad. 1551, 851, f.—.—ScTuPcncA;/. Theriotroph. 1603, 116.— 



Charh't. Esercit. 1677, ■2(i.—Rzacz. Polon. 1721, 235"). 

 Mustela vulgaris. Aldrov. Qaad. Digit. 1645, 301.-Sibb. Scot. Illust. ii. 1681, 11.— Ray, Syn. 



1693, 195 —X. S. N. eds. 2d-5th, 1740-47, H.— Klein. Qaad. 1751, 62.—Jonst. Theatr. 1753, 



152, pi. 64.—Bri.ss. Quad. 1756, 241, no. l.—Erxl. Syst. Anim. 1777, 471, uo. 12 (synon. 



muchmixedwithtbat of other species).— Schreb. S'a.a<r. iii. 1778.— Gm. S. X. i. 1738, 99.— 



Bechst. Xaturg. i. , 812.— Jur<. S. X. i. 1806, 61.— Z>esm. Mamm. i. 1820, 179, no. 275; 



Xouv. Diet. xix. 372; Ency. Meth. pi. 84,f. l.—Fr. Cm: Diet. Sci. Xat. xxix.1823, 251, no. 



l.—Is. Geoff. Diet. Class, x. ^U.-Less. Man. 1827, lA&.—Fisch. Syn. 1829, 223.— K^m. Br. 



An. 1828, 13.— J"cn. Br. Vert. 1835, 1%—Bell Br. Quad. 1837, 141 ; 2d ed. 1874, 182, f. — .— 



Selys-L. Fn. Belg. 1842, 10. — Gray, List Mamm. Br. Mus. 1843, 65.— Gieb. Saug. 1855, 



lS2.—Fitz. Katurg. Siiug. i. 1861, 335, f. 69.—Gerv. Cat. Br. Mas. 1862, 93.— Farivick, Zool. 



Gart. xiv. 1873, 17 (albino). 

 Mustela vulgaris a. x^tUa, /?. nivalis, Gm. S. X. i, 1788, 99, nos. 11 a, life. 

 Viverra vulgaris, Shaic, G. Z. i, 1800, 420, pi. 98, upper fig. 

 Mustela (Gale) vulgaris, ScAm2,Syn. Mamm. i.l844, 344. — G/o!/,P. Z.S. 1865,113; Cat. Carn. 



Br. Mus. 18C9, 90. 

 Putorius vulgaris, Griff. An. Kingd. V. 1827, 121, no. 344 (but not .same name on p. 120, no. 



339).— Brandt, "Wirb. Eur. X. E. Rassl. , 26. 



FcPtorlus vulgaris. Keys, d- Bias. Wirb. Eur. 1840, 69, no. Ul.—Blas. Wirb. Deut-scbl. 1657, 



231.— Jdckel, Zool. Gart. xiv. 1873, 459 (albino). 

 Mustela nivalis, Linyi. Fn. Suec. 2d ed. 1761, 7, no. 18; S. X. i. 1766, 69, no. U.—Miill. Zool. 



Prod. 1776, 3, no. 15.— Erxl. Syst. An. 1777, 476, no. U.—Schreb. Saug. iii. 1778, pi. 138.— 



Eell. Kon. Vet. Akad. Stockb. \i. 1785, 212, no. 9, pi. l.—Less. Man. 1827, 146. 

 Mustela gale. Fall. Zoog. E.-A. i. 1831, 94, no. 32. 

 Belette, Briss. op. et loc. cit.—Buff. Hist. Xat. vii. 225, pi. 29, f. l.—Bomare., Diet. i. 1768, 



262.— F;-(?/ic7i.— Mareot, Marcotte, French. 

 Common AVeesel, Fenn. Syn. Quad. 1771, 212, no. 151 ; Brit. Zool. i. , 95, pi. 7, f. 11.— Shaw, 



op. loc. ci^— Weasel or Weesel, English. 

 Scheeuwiesel, Miill. X'aturs. i. 1776, 276 (— M. nivalis). 

 >Viesel, Klelne Wiesei, German (cf. v. ATartens, Zool. Gart. xi. 1870, p. 276, philological).— 



Wezel. Belgic.—\xsv\, La;katt, Danish.—Sneemnu^, Danish (white).— Snbmus, 



,siced!sh (white).— Ballottula, JtaKfln.— Comadreja, Spanish. 



(h. American references.) 



Mustela nivalis, Forst. Phil. Tr. Ixii. 1772. 373. 



Mustela vulgaris, Rarl. Fn. Amer. i. 1825, 61.— Maxim. Reise, ii. 1841, 9S.—Thomps. X. H. 



Verm. 1853, 30.— Hall Canad. X'at. and Geol. vi. 1861, 295. 

 Mustela (Putorius) vulgaris, Mich. F. B.-A. i. 1829, 45. 

 Putorius vulgaris, Fmm. Eep. Quad. Mass. 1840, 44.—All.'Pr. Bost.Soc. xiii. 1869, 183; Bull. 



M. C. Z. i. 1870, 167. 

 Mustela ((iale) vulgaris rar. aniericana, Gray, P. Z. S. 186.5, 113; Cat. Cam. Br. Mus. 1869, 91. 

 Mustela pusilla. Be K. X. Y. Zool. i. 1842, 34, pi. 14, f. l.—Beesley, Geol. Cape May, 1857, 137. 

 Putorius pusillus, Aud. d- Bach. Q. X. A. ii. 1851, 100, pL 64.— Bd. M. X. A. 1857, 159.— Suckl. 



X. H. W. T. 1860, 92.— Sam. Rep. Mass. Agric. for 1861 (1862), 154, pi. 1, f. 2, 4.— Maxim. 



Arch. Xat org. 1861, —; Verz. X. Am. Saug. 1862, 49.— i?oss-, Canad. Xat. and Geol. vi. 



1861, 441.— Aferriam, Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr. 1872, 661 (Idaho).— Ame^, Bull. Minn. 



Acad. X'at. Sci. 1874,69. 

 Putorius "Cicognani", Rich. Zool. Beechey's Yoy. 1839, 10' (err.). 

 Common Weesel, Fenn. Hist. Quad. 1761, no. 192; Arct. Zool. i. 1784, 75, no. 25. 



Hab. — In America, the northern portions of the United States and north- 

 ward. Europe aud Asia, northerly. 



