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the base of the tail. Terminal half of tail black. Legs and feet 

 glossy black. Under surface of body dull black; throat, breast, 

 and sides of neck extensively but irregularly blotched and 

 streaked with white, the neck blotches strongly suffused with 

 ochraceous buff. 



The fur is very much finer and softer than that of the two 

 Alaskan skins mentioned above, to an extent that does not seem 

 entirely due to the different seasons at which they were collected. 



Lutreola vison energumenos (Bangs) 

 Pacific Mink 



Six specimens (nos. 12476-124S1), all males, collected during 

 May and June, two at French Creek, three on the Little Qualicum 

 River, and one at Beaver Creek. Besides these I picked up a 

 skull on the beach at Nootka Sound (no. 12605). 



These skins, compared with mink from southeastern Alaska 

 i L. nesolestes) taken at the same .season of the year, are apprec- 

 iably paler and more reddish. The general body color is van- 

 dyke brown, darker on top of the head, the median line of the 

 back, and the tip of the tail. The under fur is paler, about wood 

 brown. On each specimen there are disconnected and somewhat 

 variable patches of white on the chin, throat, breast and abdomen. 



The specimens collected measure as follows : 



External Measurements of Eutreola v. energumenos 



No. Sex Length Tail Hind foot Weight 



12476 J 630 213 77 4 lbs. 1 oz. 



12477 ^ 559 166 64 2 lbs. 1 oz. 



12478 J 557 183 70 



12479 <? 596 190 80 



12480 <$ 640 200 82 ... 



124S1 ^ 563 161 70 



Putorius streatori Merriam 



Puget Sound Weasel 



The dessieated carcass of a small weasel was picked up at 



French Creek. May 1 (no. 12482). It is in summer pelage, brown 



above and white below, but too weather-beaten to afford an exact 



