PUTORIUS. 



281 



Putorius alpinus. 



Mustela alpina, Gebler Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, vi, p. 213 (1824)* ; 



Radde Ost Siberiens i, p. 48; Severtsoff Ann. Mag. N, H. (4), xviii. 



P'45. 

 Mustela temon, Hodgson J. A. S. B., xxvi, p. 207 (1857) ; Blanford Yarkand 



Mamm., p. 32 ; Scully P. Z. S., 1881, p. 203 ; id. Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), viii, 



p. 97. 

 Putorius alpinus, Blanford Mammals, p. 168 (iJ 



Distribution. — Central Asia, the Altai mountains and Amurland, 

 extending southwards to Thibet and the Himalayas, whence it has 

 been recorded from Gilgit, the Kumaon and the'Sikkim frontier. 



Mr. Blanford remarks on the difference in size of the examples of 

 this species and suggests that the larger individuals may be males, 

 the smaller females, that this is the case is shewn by the following 

 measurements of the individuals in the flesh taken from the tickets 

 of Dr. Scully's specimens, the individuals were also sexed by Dr. 

 Scully himself : — 



Total length . , 



Head and body . 

 Tail .... 

 Hair at end of tail 

 Height at shoulder 



,, „ rump 

 Palm 

 Sole 



Ear in front 

 ,, breadth 



Skin, skull 

 Skin, skull 



Skin 

 Skin, skull 



e. Stuffed, skull 



Weight 8'3 oz. Weight 4*0 oz. 



^ Bassin, Gilgit, 2-11-79 J.Scully. 

 g Farfu, Bagrot, nr. J. Scully. 



Gilgit, 6-1 1-79 

 $ Gilgit, 26-6-79. J- Scully. 



Chashi Yassin, nr. J. Scully. 



Gilgit, (J. Biddulph, 



8-80, 9,500ft). 

 $ Sanju Pass, Kuenlun G. Henderson. 



Mts. 



Putorius kathiah. 



Mustela kathiah, Hodgson ^. A. S. B., iv, p. 702 (1835) ; Gray Cat. 



Hodgs. Coll., ist ed., p. 13; Walker Calc. Journ. N. H., iii, p. 266; 



Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 102 ; Blyth Cat. no. 203, p. 69; Jerdon 



Mamm., p. 84. 

 M\isX&\2l d.nu'venier, Hodgson y. A. S.B., x, p. 909 (1841) ; id. ibid, xi, p. 



280. 

 Gymnopus kathiah, Gr«j P. Z. S., p. 119 (1865); id. Cat. Cam. Mamm. 



p. 96. 

 Putorius cathia, Blanford Mammals, p. 169 (1888). 



