282 MAMMALIA. 



Nepal, Kathiah nyul ; Assam, Darrup. 



Distribution. — The Himalayas from Mussoorie to Sikkim, and 

 the Khasia hills in Assam. 



a. Skin Assam F. Jenkins, 1846, A.S.B. 



b. Skin Shillong, Assam J. Cockburn [P.] 



c. Ale, skull Darjeeling Zoological Gardens. 



d. Ale, skull Darjeeling, 5,ooo£t. G. King, 1871. 

 e-f. 2 Skins Shillong T. la Touche, 1889. 



Putorius strigidorsus. 



Mustela strigidorsa, Gray P. Z. S., p. 191 (1853) ; Horsfield Ann. Mag, 

 N. H. (2), xvi, p. 107; Cray Cat. Hodgs. CoH., and ed., p. 6 ; Jerdon 

 Mammals, p. 85. 



Gymnopus strigidorsus, Gray P. Z. S., p. 119 (1865) j id. Cat. Cam. 

 Mamm., p. 97. 



Putorius strigidorsus, Blanford Mammals., p.170 (1888). 



Distribution. — Only known from the Sikkim Himalayas. 

 a. Skin, skull juv. ? Nepal (B. H, Hodgson) India Mas., London. 

 *• { t^uli"p«t } Darjeeling G. B. Mainwaring. 



Putorius sibericus. 



Mustela siberica, Pallas Spic, Zool., xiv., p. 86 (1780) ; Blyth Cat. no. 200, 



p. 68; Radde Osi Siberiens, i, p. 45 ; Schrenck Amurland Sdugeth., 



p. 37 ; Swinhoe P.Z. S., 1870, p. 624. 

 Putorius sibericus, Griffith An. Kingd., V, p. 122 (1827) ; Coues Fur-bearing 



Animals of North America, p. 171. 

 Mustela itatsi, Temminck and Schleget Faun. Japan Mamm., p. 34, pi. vii 



(18S0). 

 Vison sibirica, Gray P. Z. S., p. 117 (1865). 



Distribution. — Siberia generally, Amurland (Schrenck) ; Japan 

 (Temminck) and China (Swinhoe). 



a. Stuffed Amoy, China R. Swinhoe, 1859, A.S.B. 



b. Skull Amoy, China R. Swinhoe, 1859, A.S.B. 



Putorius vison. 



tAxuslelsilatveola., Forster Phil. Trans. \xn., p. 371 (1772); Slyth Cat. no. 



199. p. 68. 

 Mustela canadensis, Erxleben Syst. Reg. Anim., p. 455 (1777). 

 Mustela vison, Schreber Sdugeth., iii, p. 463, pi. cxxviib (1778). 

 Lutra vison. Sham Genl. Zool., i, p. 448 (1800). 

 Mustela winingus, Barton Am. PhU. Trans., vi, p. 70. (1804). 

 Mustela minx, Turton Syst. Nat., i, p. 58 (1806)*. 

 Mustela lutreocephala, Harlan Faun. Amer., p. 63 (1825). 

 Putorius vison, Capper Zool. Journ., v, p. 202 (1830); Coues Pur-bearing 



Animals 0/ North America, p. 160. 



