Bonaparte’s Weasel 
such times being divided in sections of brown, white and black. 
Weasels make their homes under stumps and in the hollow 
roots of old trees, or else they take possession of the burrows of 
ground-squirrels, often having killed the original occupants. 
They also make use of woodchucks’ burrows, particularly 
such as have been abandoned by woodchucks for a season, and 
later appropriated by cotton-tail rabbits, who the weasels are un- 
doubtedly glad to find at home. 
Weasels travel by silent gliding leaps, often covering several 
yards at a bound, their hind feet falling exactly in the tracks of 
the front ones. Their footprints in the snow are close together 
in pairs, one foot slightly in advance, and the pairs separated by 
intervals of from one to ten feet or more. In soft snow their 
slender bodies leave their impress from one pair of footprints 
“tor the next. 
They are great wanderers, traveling miles in a single night, 
and frequently being gone on long hunts for weeks together. 
Varieties of the New York Weasel and Related 
Species 
New York Weasel. Putorius noveboracensis Emmons. Description 
and range as above. 
North Carolina Weasel. P. noveboracensts notius Bangs. Similar, 
but darker, with belly yellow instead of white. Does not 
turn white in winter. 
Range. North Carolina. 
Maine Weasel. P. noveboracensts occisor Bangs. Larger, with 
longer tail and heavier, broader skull. 
Range. Maine, probably to Ontario. 
Long-tailed Weasel. P. longicauda spadix Bangs. Larger than 
any of the above (18 inches long), with the under parts 
strong buffy yellow. 
Range. Eastern Minnesota. 
Bonaparte’s Weasel 
Putorius cicognani (Bonaparte) 
Length. 11 inches (female 9 inches). _ 
Description. Smaller, difference in sizes of sexes not so striking, 
tail decidedly shorter—not much more than one-quarter the 
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