3. MTJSTBLA. 91 



Mustela nivalis, lAnn. Act. Suec. vi. t. 8 ; 8. N. p. 169. 

 Common "Weasel, Penn. S. Z. i. p. 951, t. 7. f. 17. 



Hah. North Europe, North Asia, England, France (B.M.). 



Var. amerieana. B.M. 



Putoiius vulgaris, Richardson, F. B.-A. p. 145. 



Putorius Oicognani, Richardson, Beechey s Voy. p. 10. 



Mustela vulgaris, Mux. Reise, ii. p. 98. 



Mustela pusiUa, Dekay, JST. T. p. 134, t. 14. f. 1. 



Putorius pusiUus, And. Sr Bachm. N'. A. Quad. ii. p. 100, t. 64 ; Baird, 



M. N. A. p. 159. 

 Common Weasel, Penn. Arctic Zool. p. 75 ; Pr. Max. Arch. f. Nat. 



1861, p. 229. 



Hah. North America. 



5. Mustela boccamela. E.M. 



Chestnut ; upper lip, inside of limbs, feet, and beneath -white ; 

 tail almost haK as long as the body, scarcely darker. 



Mustela boccamela, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. ; Sundevall, K. V. Akad. 



Hand. 1841, p. 215 ; Blainv. 'OsUogr. Mustela, t. 13. f. (teeth) ; 



Xuster, Isis, 1835 ; Bonap. Fauna Ital. t. ; Gray, P. Z. 8. 1865, 



p. 113. 

 Mustela subpalmata, Ehrenh. Syn. Mamm. p. 2 ; 8undevaU, K. V. 



Akad. Hand. 1842, p. 215. 

 Mustela vulgaris, Ruppell. 



Mustela erminea, var.,- Nilsson, Slatnd. Fauna, p. 157. 

 Boccamela, Cetti, Hist. 8ardiniis, v. 



Hah. South Europe, North Africa, Algiers (B.M.) ; Cairo (8un- 

 devall). 



6. Mustela alpina. B.M. 



Pale yellow-brown ; upper lip, chin, and beneath yellowish white ; 

 head varied with black-tipped hairs ; tail cyUndrictd, unicolor, not 

 so long as the body and head. 



Mustela alpina. Gray, L. M. B. M. p. 67; ; P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 114. 

 Mustela altaica, Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. i. t. 98. 

 Mustela gale altaica, 8chinz, 8yn. Mamm, p. 344. 

 Putorius alpinus, Gebler, M&n. Mosc. vi. p. 213. 



Hah. Altai Mountains. 



Varies in the darkness of colour of the lower part of the bodj' ; 

 in some specimens it is decidedly paler, with the line of separation 

 weU marked. In some specimens the feet are entirely covered with 

 hair ; and in others the pads are distinct, but covered vrith hair at 

 the base. 



ttt Bach streaked. 

 7. Mustela albinucha. B.M. 



Black ; forehead, crown, and nape white ; four stripes on the 

 back, converging in front and behind, pale-brownish white; tail 

 white, tapering. 



