352 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



1842 Mustela pusilla De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia, p. 34. 

 1842 Mustela fusca De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia, p. 35. 

 1882 Putorius vulgaris Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 1 : 54. 

 1896 Putorius richardsoni cicognanii Bangs, Biolog. soc. Washington, 



Proc. 25 Feb. 1896. 10: 18. 

 1896 Putorius cicognanii Merriam, North American fauna, no. n. 



30 June j 896. p. 10. 

 1898 Putorius cicognanii Mearns, Am mus. nat. hist. Bui. 9 Sep. 1898. 



10:349. 

 1898 Putorius cicognanii Mearns, U. S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21 : 358. 



Type locality. Eastern United States. 



Faunal position. Hudsonian, Canadian and transition zones. 



Habitat. Woods and thickets. 



Distribution in New York. Bonaparte's weasel occurs through the 

 entire state, with the possible exception of the upper austral areas. 

 These however are so narrow that they might readily be penetrated by a 

 roving animal like a weasel. Bangs ('96a, p. 19) records it from Long 

 Island. 



Principal records. De Kay : " It is by no means a rare animal but is 

 difficult to capture" ('42, p. 35). Merriam: "It is the commonest 

 weasel in the Adirondack region" ('82, p. 54). Mearns: "About the 

 year 1870 I trapped one or two of these little short tailed weasels on 

 our place at Highland falls and I have seen a few of them since. It is 

 probably quite uncommon " ('98a, p. 349). " One specimen, a male . . . 

 was trapped on the left bank of Schoharie creek, August 23, 1896 " 

 ('98b, p. 358). 



This weasel is tolerably common at Peterboro, Madison co. 



Of the occurrence of Bonaparte's weasel in Erie co. Mr Savage writes: 

 " Have seen a single P. cicognaui.'" 



Remarks. The confusion of names applied to this animal for many years 

 arose partly from the sexual variation to which the species is subject and 

 partly from lack of a clear conception of the differences which separate 

 it from the common stoat of Europe. The whole subject is thoroughly 

 explained by Bangs ('96a, p. 20-21) and Merriam ('96, p. 10). 



Putorius noveboracensis Emmons New York weasel. 



1840 Putorius noveborace?isis Emmons, Rep. Quad. Massachusetts. 



P- 45- 

 1842 Putorius noveboracensis De Kay, Zoology of New York. Mam- 

 malia, p. 36. 



