PUTORIUS. 



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Mustela cicognani, Bonaparte Charlesw. Mag. N. H,, ii, p. 37 (i8j3). 

 Mustela richardsoni, Bonaparte, id. ibid ., p. 38 (1838). 

 VfsXox'wLSQxmwi&^fKeyserling and Blasius Wirbelth. Europ., p. 69 (1840); 



Blasius Sdugeth. Deutschl., p. 228. 

 Putorius noveboracensis, Dekay New York Zool., p. 36, pi. xii (184a). 

 Mustela fusca, Audubon and Bachman Journ.Acad. N.Sci. Philad.,y\\\, pt. 



2, p. 288 (1842). 

 Putorius agilis, Audubon and Bachman Quad. N.Amer., iii, p. 184 (1853)*. 

 Putorius kanei, Baird North Amer. Mamm., p. 172 (1857)*. 



The Ermine or Stoat. 



Distribution. — Northern Palaearctic region and America as far 

 as the southern border of the States ; it extends to the Himalayas 

 whence it was got by Dr. Henderson (see below) and is also 

 recorded from Afghanistan by Grifiith. 



a. Skin (winter 



dress). 



b. Skin (summer 



dress). 



c. Skin 



d. Skin 



e. Skin 



/. Skin $ 



g. Stuffed 

 h. Stuffed 

 j. Stuffed 

 k. Skull 

 /. Skull 

 m. Skull 



Hudson's Bay, 1883 



Hyde Park, Ont., D. C. 



Europe 



Europe 



Europe 



Hungary 



Europe 



Europe 



Dras, Kashmir 



Upton, Maine, U. S. A. 



J. H. Garnier. [Ex.] 



J. H. Garnier [ Ex.] 



No history, A.S.B, 



A.S.B. 



A.S.B. 



Hungarian Mus., A.S.B. 



A.S.B. 



A.S.B. 



G. Henderson, f 



A.S.B. 



A.S.B. 



W. Theobald, 1868. 



Putorius vulgaris. 



Mustela nivalis, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., I2th ed., i., p. 69 (1766) ; Radde Ost 



Siberiens, p. 53 ; Schrenck Amurland, i, p. 40 ; Brauns Jena Zeit. Zool.,xv\\, 



p. 452. 

 Mustela. vu]ga.ris, Erxleben Syst. Reg, An., p. 471 (1777); Blyth Cat. no. 



204, p. 69. 

 Putorius vulgaris, Griffith Animal Kingdom, v, p. 121 (1827) ; Coues Put' 



bearing Animals of North America, p. 102. 

 Mustela gale, Pallas Zoog, Rosso As., i, p. 94 (1834). 

 Foetorius vulgaris, Keyserling and Blasius Wirbelth. Europ., p. 69 (1840); 



Blasius Sdugeth. Deutschl., p. 231. 

 Mustela pusilla, Dekay New York Zool., p. 34 (1842); Blyth Cat. no. 205, 



Putorius pusillus, Auduhon and Bachman Quad, N. Amer., ii, p^ lOO 

 (1851)*. 



The Weasel. 



Distribution. — North Europe and America (Northern States and 

 Canada), Asia, Siberia, Amurland, and Yezzo. 



a. Skin Hungary 



b-d. 3 skins England 



t See Henderson Lahore to Yarkand, p. 42. 



Hungarian Museum, 18631 



A. S. B. 

 A. S. B. 



