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penis was tinged yellow, no doubt from the glands. I doubt 

 not the yellow stain often seen on cheeks, is from sleeping curled, 

 with head against glands of rear. 



The stomach was empty, its interior perfectly healthy, no 

 tape- worms. 



Ermine skins are now down to 12J cents each, but about the 

 time of King Edward's coronation they went up to 50 cents and 

 even $1. 



Putorius cicognanii richardsoni (Bonaparte). Richardson 



Weasel. 



A skull of this weasel was picked up at a trapper's cabin at 

 Fort McMurray. The species was elsewhere observed on but 

 one occasion on September 3, when we saw one on a small is- 

 land, near the northern shore of Kah-d'nouay Island, Great 

 Slave Lake. 



Putroius arcticus Merriam. Tundra Weasel. 



A specimen was shot among glacial boulders on the southern 

 shore of Clinton-Golden Lake on August 29. It measured: 

 Length, 365 mm.; tail, 110; hind-foot, 50. Male. 



Near Sandhill Bay, Lake Aylmer, August 20, we found the 

 pellet of a white owl, with the skull of a weasel in it. 



Putroius rixosus Bangs. Least Weasel. 



This diminutive species was met with but once. An adult fe- 

 male was trapped at Fort Reliance on September 15. It meas- 

 ured: length, 172; tail, 32; hind-foot, 21. It was taken at 

 the corner of the old cabin in which we were camping. Follow- 

 ing is the description of the fresh specimen : 



All the upper parts, even umber brown; all below, pure white; 

 no black on tail. The brown is much darker and grayer than 

 that of Putorius arcticus ; the white is without any yellow tinge. 

 The tail is of the same brown, without any hint of a dark tip. 

 On the face the white runs to the base of the ear and borders 

 the upper lip; the legs are white within, brown without; the 



