114 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELIDZ. (Jan. 24, 
M. subpalmata, Ehrenb. Sym. Mamm. 2 ; Sundevall, K. V. Acad. 
Hand. 1842, p. 215. 
M. vulgaris, Rippell. 
M. erminea, var., Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 157. 
Boccamela, Cetti, Hist. Sardinie, v. 
Hab. South Europe, North Africa, Algiers (B.M.); Cairo (Sunde- 
vall). 
6. MusTEeLa ALPINA. B.M. 
Pale yellow-brown ; upper lip, chin, and beneath yellowish white ; 
head varied with black-tipped hairs ; tail cylindrical, unicolor, not so 
long as the body and head. 
Mustela alpina, Gray, C. M. B. M. 67; Gerrard, Cat. Bones 
B. M. 94. 
M. altaica, Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. i. t. 98. 
M. gale altaica, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. 344. 
Putorius alpinus, Gebler, Mém. Mose. vi. 213; Férussac, Bull. 
Sci. Nat. 1825, p. 419. 
Hab. Altai Mountains. 
Varies in the darkness of colour of the lower part of the body ; in 
some specimens it is decidedly paler, with the line of separation well 
marked. 
In some specimens the feet are entirely covered with hair; and in 
others the pads are distinct, but covered with hair at the base. 
ttt Back streaked. 
7. MuSTELA ALBINUCHA. 
Black ; forehead, crown, and nape white ; four stripes on the back, 
converging in front and behind, pale-brownish white; tail white, 
tapering. 
Zorilla albinucha, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 69, pl. x. 
Hab, Africa, Angola. 
This is a Mustela having the coloration of a Zorilla. 
** Face with pale spot in front of ears ; back uniform; tail-end 
black. American. Neogale. 
8. MuSTELA BRASILIENSIS. Black-faced Weasel. B.M. 
Brown ; head and tip of tail blackish ; spot before ears, another 
on centre of forehead, chin, and throat white ; chest and belly yellow. 
Mustela brasiliensis, Sewast. Mém. Acad. Pétersb. iv. 356, t. 4 
good), 1813. 
M. (Putorius) brasiliensis, D’Orb. Voy. Amér. Mérid. t. 13. 
f. 3 (skull). 
M. frenata, Licht. Darstell. Saéugeth. t. 42; Gray, Voy. Sulph. 
t.f. 2; Cat. M. B. M.65; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 94. 
Putorius frenatus, Bachm. N. A. Quadr. ii. 71, t. 60; Mamm. 
N. A. 173, t. 77. f. 1, 2 (skull) ; Mexico, 19. 
