282 MAMMALIA. 



Nepal, Kathiah nyul ; Assam, Darrup. 



Distribution. — The Himalayas from Mussoorie to Sikkim, and 

 the Khasia hills in Assam. 



Putorius strigidorsus. 



Mustela strigidorsa, Cray P. Z. S., p. 191 (1853) ; Horsfield Ann. Mag. 



N. H. (2), xvi, p. 107; Gray Cat. Hodgs, Coll., 2nd ed., p. 6 ; Jerdon 



Mammals, p. 85. 

 Gymnopus strigidorsus, Gray P. Z. S., p. 119 (1865); id. Cat. Cam. 



Mamm., p. 97. 

 Putorius strigidorsus, Blanford Mammals, , p. 170 (i! 



Distribution. — Only known from the Sikkim Himalayas. 



a. Skin, skull juv. ? Nepal (B. H. Hodgson) India Mus., London. 

 , ( Skin in ale. ") r-k • i- r^ x3 -Mt • • 



'\ Skull, part] darjeeling G. B. Mainwaring. 



Putorius sibericus. 



Mustela siberica, Pallas Spic. Zool., xiv., p. 86 (1780) ; Blyth Cat. no. 200, 



p. 68; Radde Osi Siberiens, i, p. 45 ; Schrenck A7nurland Sciugetk., 



p. 37 ; Swinhoe P.Z. S., 1870, p. 624. 

 Putorius sibericus, Griffith An. Kingd., v, p. i22 (1827) ; Cones Fur-bearing 



Animals of North America, p. 171. 

 Mustela itatsi, Temminck and Schlegel Faun. Japan Mamvi., p. 34, pi. vii 



(1850). 

 Vison sibirica, Gray P. Z. S., p. 117 (1865). 



Distribution. — Siberia generally, Amurland (Schrenck) ; Japan 

 (Temminck) and China (Swinhoe). 



a. Stuffed Amoy, China R. Swinhoe, 1859, A.S.B. 



b. Skull Amoy, China R. Swinhoe, 1859, A.S.B. 



Putorius vison. 



Mustela lutreola, Forster Phil. Trans. Ixii., p. 371 (1772) ; Blyth Cat. no. 



199, p. 68. 

 Mustela canadensis, Erxleben Sysi. Reg. Anim., p. 455 (1777)- 

 Mustela vison, Schreber Saugeth., iii, p. 463, pi. cxxviib (1778). 

 Lutra vison, Shaw Genl. Zool., i, p. 448 (1800). 

 Mustela winingus, Barton Am. Phil. Trans., vi, p. 70. (1804). 

 Mustela minx, Turton Syst. Nat., i, p. 58 (1806)*. 

 Mustela lutreocephala, Harlan Faun. Avier., p. 63 (1825). 

 Putorius vison, Gapper Zool. Joum., v, p. 202 (1830); Coues Fur-bearitig 



Animals 0/ North America, p. 160. 



