88 MtrsTEimiE. 



Mustek putorius tibetanus, Hodgson, J. A. S. Beng. xxiii. p. 446, 1840, 



i. ; Hm-sf. Cat. Mus. I. H. p. 103 ; P. Z. S. 1856, p. 398. 

 Putorius fiversmaunii, Gfray, P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 109. 



Hab. Siberia (Pallas), B.M. ; Thibet (Hodgson), B.M. 



The skuH is considerably larger than that of the Putorius fcetklus. 



3. ? Putorius nigripes. 

 Yellowish brown above, below white ; forehead, feet, and end of 

 tail black. TaU and hair at end one-third the length of body and 

 head ; length 19 inches, tail 5^ inches. 



Putorius nigripes, Avd. Sf Bachm. N. A. Quad. ii. p. 297, t. 93 ; Baird, 

 N. A. Mamm. p. 180; Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 109. 



JIah. North America, Platte region. Not seen by Dr. Spencer 

 Baird. 



** Back spotted or mottled. 



4. Putorius sarmaticus. (Yormela, or Peregusna.) B.M. 



Fur soft, brown and yellow, varied above ; head, belly, feet, and 

 tip of tail deep black ; frontal band and ears white. 



Mustela sarmatica, Pallas, Spio. Zool. xix. t. 41. 

 Mustela peregusna, Child. 

 Mustela proecincta, Ranz. 



Putorius sarmaticus. Gray, List Mamm. B. ilf. p. 64 ; P. Z. S. 1865, 

 p. 110. 



Hah. Eussia. 



3. MUSTELA. 



The body elongate, slender. Limbs short ; feet moderate ; toes 

 moderate, sUghtly webbed, covered with hair ; space between the 

 pads hairy. Tail elongate, slender, subcylindrical, covered with 

 elongate hairs. 



Skull elongate, depressed ; teeth 34 ; prsemolars f . f ; upper tu- 

 bercular grinder transverse, scarcely longer on the inner edge. 



Fur dark above, white or yeUow beneath. 



Mustela, Linn. ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. xx. p. 65 ; P. Z. S. 1865, 



p. 111. 

 Mustela (Mustela), Nilsson, SJcand. Fauna, i. p. 156. 

 Putorius (partly), Cuvier. 

 Mustela (Gale), Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 342. 



* Face without pale spot in front of ears. 

 t Bach uniform colour ; tail black-tipped. 

 1. Mustela erminea. (Stoat, or Ermine.) B.M. 



Brown above ; upper lip, chin, and lower surface of body, inside of 

 limbs, and feet yeUowish white ; tail brown, shorter than the body, 

 end black. In winter all yellowish white ; end of tail black. 



.^lustela erminea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 68; Nilsson, Skaiul. Faun x> 167 • 

 Ilium. Fig. t. 12; Gray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 111. ' ^' ' 



