Weasel ond su)iip. (>f its Subsjjecies. 49 



formerly associated. T know of no other described weasel 

 with which it might be contounded ; it is certainly very 

 widely ditFerent from P. ulpinus^ Gebler. 



The skull of no. 94. 9. 2. 1 is damaged, but measures 

 about 37x20, showing- the specimen to liave been about of 

 normal size. 



Distribution. I have only two bad and faded skins of this 

 subspecies, one of which (no. 94-. 9. 2. 1) is a female (with 

 skull) from Kokand, Ferghana, collected by Th. Barey on 

 20th Marcl), 1893, and procured in exchange from the 

 Branicki Museum, Warsaw; and the other (no. 79.11.21. 293) 

 is an unsexed skin from Afghanistan, from the Indian 

 Museum collection. 



(XI.) Putorius nivalis Stoliczkanus^ Blanford, J. As. Sac. 

 Bengal, xlvi. 2, p. 260 (1877). 



Mustela vulgaris, ? var., Blauford, Joiira. As. Soc. Bengal, xliv. 2, p. 106 

 (1875). 



77ie typical specimen was brought by Dr. Stoliczka from 

 Yarkand, Eastern Turkestan, where it was purchase 1. 



A single topotype of this subspecies in the collection is 



no. 75. 3. 30. 8, and was collected by Colonel Biddulph in 



Yarkand on the 2()th May, 1894. It is very faded, but 



must have been very light in the coloration of the upperside, 



is of small size, has the tail rather long in proportion to the 



head and body length, the line of demarcation wavy, and the 



feet nearly white. The skull has been damaged, but is small, 



measuring not much more than 36 millim. in total leno'th. 

 " . . . . . ° 



In his original description Blanford states that the colour 



of the typical specimens was pale sandy brown above, with a 



small white spot close to the anterior angle of each eye ; the 



tail throughout the same colour as the back ; the fore feet 



white, mixed with pale brown above ; the hind feet only 



whitish at the edges; the soles of all the feet thickly clad, 



only the toe-pads being naked; the total length 306 millim.*, 



of which the tail without the end-hairs reached 58 millim.* ; 



the length of the hind foot and tarsus without the claws 30 ^ ; 



and the weight 5*2 ozs. 



[(XII.) ? Putorius nivalis subpalmatus, Hemprich and 

 Ehrenberg, Symbol. Phys. dec. ii., at end of article on 

 llerpestes leucurus (1833), 



1 regret that I am unable to throw any light on the identity 



* Converted to miUim. from the inches as given by Blauford. 

 Ann. (L M(i(j. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. v. 4 



