276 MAMMALIA. 



Mustela zibellina. 



Mustela zibellina, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 68 (1766) ; Radde Ost 

 Siberien, i, p. 29 ; Schrenck Amurland Saugeth., p. 27. 



Martes ? toufoeus, Hodgson % A. S. B., xi, p. 281 (1842). 



Martes zibellina. Gray P.Z.'S., p. 105 (1865); id. Cat. Cam, Mamm., p. 83 ; 

 Blytk Cat. no. 19S, p. 66. 



Distribution. — Northern Europe, Northern Asia, Saghalien Isle 

 (Radde) Amurland, (Schrenck) and Thibet (I.M.) 



a. Stuffed Thibet Purchased, 1855, A.S.B. 



Mustela pennant!. 



Mustela pennant!, Erxleben Syst. Reg. Anim., p. 470 (1777); Coues Fur- 

 bearing Animals of North America, p. 62. 



Mustela canadensis, Sckreher Saugeth., iii, p. 492, pi. cxxxiv (1778). 



Mustela xDfi\a.not\iyncha., Boddaert Elench. Anim., p. 188 (1784)*. 



Viverra piscator. Sham Gen. Zoot., i, p. 414 (1800). 



Mustela nigra, Turton Syst. Nat., i, p. 60 (1806)*. 



Mustela piscatoria. Lesson Man. Mamm., p. 150 (1827). 



Mustela godmani, Fischer Syn. Mamm., p. 217 (1829). 



Martes pennantii, Gray P.Z.S., p. 107 (1865); id. Cat. Cam, Mamm., 

 P.8S. 



The Pekan. 



Distribution. — North America between 35" and 65° N. lat. in 

 wooded parts of the country. 



a. Skull UmbagogLake, Maine, W. Theobald [P.], 1868. 



U.S.A. (A. F. Verril, 

 Col.) 



Mustela americana. 



Mustela martes, apiid Porster Phil. Trans., Ixii, p. 372 (1772). 



Mustela americana, Turton Syst. Nat., i, p. 60 (i8o6)* ; Coues Fur-bearing 



Animals of North America, p. 81. 

 Mustela leucopus, Kuhl Beitr., p. 74 (1820). 

 Mustela vulpina, Rafinesque Am, f. Sc, i, p. 82 (1819)*. 

 Mustela huro, Schinz Syn. Mamm., i, p. 337 {1844). 

 Martes americana, Grai^ P. Z. S., p. 106 (1865). 

 Mustela martinus, Ames Bull. Minn. Acad., p. 69 (1874). 



Distribution. — Northern parts of North America as far south as 

 California in the west and Pennsylvania in the East. 



a. Skull Upton, Maine, U.S.A. W. Theobald, 1868. 



0. G. Rich.) 



Genus PUTORIUS. 



Putorius, G. Cumer Regne Anim,, ist ed., i, p. 147 (181 7). 

 Foetorius, Keyserling and Blasius Wirbelth. Europ., p. 21 (1840). 

 Vison, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 64 (1843). "^ype, P. lutreola 

 Gymnopus, Gray P. Z. S., p. 118 (1865). 



