MAMMALS—MARTINAE—PUTORIUS LONGICAUDA. 169 
Measurements. 
From tip of nose to— Tail to end of— Length of— 
Current; Locality. Dusky of| Skull. | Nature of 
number. iy 1. tail. specimen. 
Eye. | Ear. |Occip.| Tail. | Verteb. | Hairs. | Fore ft. | Hind ft. 
1413 | Boston, Mass..| .70 | 1.55 | 2.14 |10.30 | 5.20 6. 60 1.30 1.75 7B NU ee ae In alcohol - 
2313 | TWinoig---=5-|s-o-=-|se--5> ZaLOn i oeoOL || 4320. |e22 = = 1.10 Re OOF sodas o| once sacha see 
Doe Weaninlese seen |e een (ese see THT | BG k00 ANG Be ie ee ee eee ae 193) || kinjo--a2e 
List of specimens. 
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Catalogue | Corresponding | Sex & Locality. When Whence obtained. |Nature of spe- 
number. | No. of skull. | age. collected. men. 
17 624 @ \\ Carlisle, Pa. oo 2sas62 oss 55-5 Dec. 15, 1845.| 8. F. Baird .-......- Gikin === 3- 
Choe Bae | eee Elizabethtown, N. Y.-------.-- Nov [8b4es2|2n.-d0s) seen eee eoe Lb edOkees sa 
TW pS Bek See aes ee paranaso Wake; N. Woeso--2-s5— Summer --..- MS Baker-. S252 22.2 rete LO eee am 
Li, el eee Boston, Mass'=--s-- =--2<-2==-- Winter, 1855 | Dr. T. M. Brewer_-.-| In alcohol -- 
AoNS i eee ae ee (Gh || URC) eee ee eee Roan Seo se oe R. Kennicott -.-.--- SHO se 
ata ease ee its Racine Wis Ses tes en eee Sea ee oa AeCrBarmy 222223. 20 Mounted --- 
FG ae See based Bradford: county, Pa; 2 ears ie 9s tt eee C. C. Martin_.-~--.- Skin in ale’l. 
436 1302) ya ilceeeee Hort Smiths Avk2o. =. sco 2 |. tb sean Soe Dr. G. G. Shumard..-| Mounted _-. 
Mustela longicauda, Bonar. in Charlesworth’s Mag. N. H. II, Jan. 1838, 38. 
PUTORIUS LONGICAUDA. 
Putorius longicauda, Ricu. (ex Bonar.) Zoology Beechey’s Voyage to Pacific, 1839. 
Mustela (Puturius) erminea, Ricu. F. B. A. I, 1829, 46. 
Sp. Cu —Length to tail about eleven inches. 
Tail vertebre about half this length. 
Muzzle broad. 
(Based on Richardson’s description.) 
Mammalia, 10.* 
(‘* Carlton House variety, with long tail.’’) 
Black of tail about one-fourth its length. 
Above, light olivaceous brown; beneath, brownish yellow ; edge of upper lip and chin white. 
black tip. Light space on belly much wider than in P. noveboracensis. 
In winter, white; tail with 
This species, which belongs to the section of ermine weasels, is larger than any of its 
congeners, excepting the American ermines, 
is characterized by the breadth of the muzzle, as very distinctly shown in the skull. 
Like the P. nigripes of Aud. and Bachman, it 
The hair 
is everywhere remarkably stiff, coarse, and short, fully equalling in this respect the fur of P. 
Srenata. 
The naked portion of the muzzle is large and prominent. 
The vertebrz of the tail (as ascertained before skinning) are nearly half the length of the head 
and body, (53 and 121 inches; the hairs 6% inches.) The hairs of the tail are stiff, long, and 
bristly, though rather sparse ; the brush at the end fuller than in P. noveboracensis, less so than 
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The ears are rather short and low, the meatus quite concealed by stiff, bristly hairs. 
