PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 353 



1854 Putorius agilis Audubon and Bachman, Quad. N. Am 3 : 184. 

 1882 Putorius erminea Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 1 : 56. 

 1896 Putorius noveboracensis Bangs, Biolog. soc. Washington, Proc. 



25 Feb. 1896. 10: 13. 

 1896. Putorius noveboracensis Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7 : 199. 

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



1888. 10: 348. 

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



Type locality. ' New York state. 



Faunal position. Upper austral and transition zones and lowermost 

 edge of Canadian zone. 



Habitat. Woods and thickets. 



Distribution in New York. Owing to the confusion that has long 

 existed in regard to the identification of our weasels it is now difficult to 

 tell the exact limits of the range of this species. The animal is probably 

 to be found in all parts of the state with the exception of the depth of 

 the boreal areas. 



Principal records. De Kay: "Its geographic limits as yet are not 

 settled. We suppose it to be a northern animal found as far south as 

 Pennsylvania" ('42^.37). Merriam: "The ermine is a common resi- 

 dent " ('82, p. 56). Fisher: "Tolerably common" ('96, p. 199). 

 Mearns : "One was seen at Evelyne Villa in August 1896 " ('98b, p. 358). 



I have never met with this weasel in New York. 



Mr Savage writes : "The New York weasel is common in Erie co." 



Of the New York weasel on Long Island Mr Helme writes : "This 

 animal is common. Although I have met with it several times in winter 

 I have never seen a specimen in white pelage." 



Mustela americana Turton Marten 

 1806 Mustela americana Turton, General system of nature. 1 : 60. 

 1842 Mustela martes De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia, p. 32. 

 1882 Mustela americana Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 1 : 52. 

 1898 Mustela americana Mearns, U. S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21 : 360. 



Type locality. North America. 



Faunal position. Boreal zones, and perhaps transition zone also, 

 though in eastern North America the animal is exterminated in the 

 latter. 



Habitat. Forests. 



Distribution in New York. The marten is now confined to the wilder 

 parts of the Adirondacks. 



