Weasel and some of its Subspecies. 45 



(III.) Putorius nivalis italicus *, subsp. n. 



Type. No. 95. 11. 11. 1 of British Museum collection, from 

 Grezzatia, in the highlands of the Province of Verona, Italy. 



Distinguishing characteristics. Size perhaps a little larger 

 than, but line of demarcation and length of tail as in, P. nivalis 

 viihiaris of Britain, with the underside slightly washed with 

 butif. The following are the dimensions of three specimens 

 presented to the Museum by Mr. Oldtield Thomas and 

 collected through Conte Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi by Signor 

 dal Nero Vittorio, of Verona : — 



Length of Breadth 

 Hind foot skull (ba- of skull 



Head and (without sioii to at 



body. Tail, claw.s). Ear. g'nathion). zvi'onia. 

 No. 99. 11. 11. 1. S, Grez- 

 zana, Prov, Verona, Italy, 

 400 metres, 20th April, 



1899. (Type.) 40-6 22 



No. 99. 11. 11. 2. S, Villa- 

 franca, Verona, Italy, lOtli 



May, 1899 ' 38-5 22 



No. 99. 11. 11. 3. $, slightly 

 immature, Colaguala, Pro- 

 vince of Verona, Italy, 54 

 metres, 2nd Dec, 1898 .... 190 45 . . 10 32 17 



The skull of a male from Genoa, presented by the late 

 Lord Lilford, has a length and breadth of 41 — 24 niillim. 

 Distribution. Italy. 



(IV.) Putorius nivalis tbericus, subsp. n. 



Ti/pe. No 95. 3. 3. 10 of British Museum collection, from 

 Seville, Spain. 



Distinguishing characteristics. Size and length of tail inter- 

 mediate ; belly usually washed with yellow ; line of demarca- 

 tion decided, as in P. ermineus ; feet white. 



Length of Breadth 

 Hind foot skull (ba- of skull 

 Head and (without sion to at 



body. Tail, claws), gnathion). zvg-oma. 

 No. 95. 3. 3. 10. $, Seyille, Spain, " 

 2nd Oct., 1894 {collectur A. Muiz, 



for the late Lord Lilford). (Type.).. 250 50 .. 38 2'^ 



No. 95. 9. 4. 12. S, ditto, 8th June, 



1895 



No. 95. 9. 4. 13. $ , ditto, 3rd May, 

 1895 



Distribution. The Iberian Peninsula. 



* 1 cannot lind the origin of the reference to a yariety " vulgaris, var. 

 meridionalis, Costa et auct.," thus given by Trouessart in his ' Catalog-us 

 Mammalium,' i. p. 276 (1898-99). ^ 



