60 ZOOLOGY. 



Wo have no notes on the habits of this species, which, however, prob- 

 ably differ in no essentials from those of its better-known congeners. It 

 appears to be a rather common animal in the regions explored. 



One specimen shows, as an accidental peculiarity, a pencil of white 

 hairs in the black tuft at the end of the tail. 



PUTORIUS VISON, (Scbreb.) Rich. 



The Mink. 



Mini; SMixn, Virginia, 1024. 



Foutereau, La IIont., Voy., i, 1703,81. 



Minx, Lawson, (Jar., 1709, 121. 



Vison, Buff., Hist., xiii, 17G3, 304, pi. 43. 



Mustela vison, Sciireb., Siiug., iii, 177S, 4(33, pi. 127 J.-Gm., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 04.— 

 Turt., Syst, Nat., i, 1800, 5S.— Desm., Mam., i, 1820, 183 [Marten).— Guv., 

 Regno Auim., i, 1817, 150 (Marten). — IlARL., Fn. Amor., 1825, G3. — GRIFF., 

 An. Kiug., v, 1S27, 124.— Less., Man., 1827, 14S.— Rich., F. B.A., i, 1820, 

 48 (Putorius). — MAXEST., Reise, i, 1830, 213. — Wagn., Suppl. Scbreb., ii, 

 1841, 241 (Lutreola). — TnoMPS., Vermont, 1853, 31. 



Lutra vison, Siiaw, Geu. Zool., i, 1800, 448. 



Putorius vison, Gapp., Zool. Jonr., v, 1830, 202.— DeKay, N. Y. Zool., i, 1842, 37, pi. 

 11, i'. 1, pi. 8, f. 3, a, b.—AVD. & BACH., Q. N. A., i, 1849, 250, pi. 33.— 

 Kenn., Tr. 111. State Agric. Soc, 1S53-54, 578.— Beesley, Geol. Gape May, 

 1857, 137.— Batrd, Mamm, N. A., 1S57, 177.— Newb., P. R. R. Rep , i, 1857, 

 42. -Coop. & Suck., N. D. W. T., 1SG0, 93, 115.— Billings, Canada Nat, & 

 Geol., ii, 1857, 48.— Ross, Canad. Nat, & Geol., vi, 1801, 29.— Maxim., Verz. 

 N. A. Siiug., 1802, 52.— SAM., Rep. Mass. Agric. for 1801, 1802, 157, pi. 1, f. 

 8.— Gilpin, Tr. N. Scotia lust., ii, 1S70, 12, 50.— Ames, Bull. Minn. Acad. 

 Nat, Sci., 1S74, 09. 



Mustela lutreola, Forst., Phil. Trans., lxii, 1772, 371. 



Putorius lutreolus, Allen, Bull. M. G. Z., i, 1809, 175. 



Putorius lutreolus var. vison, Allen, Bull. Essex Inst,, vi, 1874, 54, 59, 02. 



Mustela lutreola, var. americana, Schinz, Syn. Mamm., i, 1S44, 347. 



Vison lutreola, Gray, List Mam. Br. Mus., 1843, 04 (partly). 



Mustela canadensis, Erxl., Syst. An., i, 1777, 455 (mixed with another species, but 

 the description clearly is of this species). 



Mustela canadensis var. vison, Bodd., Elencb. Aniin., i, 1784, 80 (ex Buff). 



Mustela weningus, Barton, Am. Phil. Tr., vi, 1809, 70. 



Mustela minx, Turton, Syst, Nat., i, 180G, 58. 



Mustela lutreocephala, IIarl., Fn. Amer., 1825, 03. 



Vison lutreocephala, Gray, P. Z. S., 1S05, 110. 



Common throughout the Territory of Utah near the water-courses. 

 Some very fine specimens secured at Provo. For boldness and thieving 

 proclivities, this little animal is unequaled; and, during our collecting at 



