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MUSIELID^. 



Zorilla albinuoha, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 69, pi. 10. 

 Mustela albinucha. Oral/, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 114. 



Hab. Africa, Angola (Sundevall, Tristram). 



This is a Mustela having the coloration of a Zorilla. 



** Face with pale spot in front of ears ; back uniform ; tail-end black. 

 American. Neogala. 



8. Mustela brasiliensis. (Black-faced Weasel.) B.M. 



Brown ; head and tip of tail blackish ; spot before ears, another 

 on centre of forehead, chin, and throat white; chest and beUy 

 yeUow. 



Mustela brasiliensis, Sewast. M6m. Acad. Pitersb. iv. p. 356, t. 4 



(good), 1813; Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 114. 

 Mustela (Putorius) brasiliensis, If Orb. Voy. Am&. M&id. t. 13. 



f. 3 (skull). 

 Mustela frenata, Licht. JDarsteU. Saugeth. t. 42; Gray, Voy. Sdph. 



x. I. ^. 

 Putorius frenatus, Bachm. JV. A. Quadr. ii. p. 71, t. 60 ; Baird, 



Mamm. N. A. p. 173, t. 77. f. 1, 2 (skull). 

 Mustela javanica, &c., Seba, Thesaur. p. 177, t. 48. f. 4. 

 Mustela erminea, var., Pallas, Zoogr. Moss.-Asiat. p. 92 (from Seba). 

 Mustela gale leucogenis, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 344 (from Seba). 



Var. 1. Spot before ears and that on forehead confluent. B.M. 



Var. 2. With a small -white spot under the eyes. B.M. 



In some specimens the feet are white or brown, with white toes ; 

 and in others the feet are brown-yeUow. 



Hab. Mexico, Matamoras (Baird) ; California. 



Var. 3. brasiliana. Feet white ; underside bright yeUow. B.M. 



ITab. Brazil. 



Dr. Spencer Baird refers M. brasiliensis, Sewastonoff, to this spe- 

 cies with great doubt, though it is a very good description, and mo- 

 derate but characteristic figure. 



9. Mustela auxeoventris. B.M. 



Dark brown ; head and tip of tail blacker ; chin and sides of the 

 throat white ; a spot in front of ears, throat, chest, insides of fore 

 legs, and belly golden yeUow ; whiskers black ; tail rather tapering, 

 as long as the body ; soles of the hind feet hairy ; ears rounded, 

 hairy. Length of body and head 12, tail 8 inches. 

 Var. Pore feet brown, with one or two toes white. 

 Mustela aureoventris, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 55 pi 8 

 (young); 1865, p. 115; not Umte\a aun\entei; Hodgson. ' 

 Hab. Ecuador, Quito {Gould); New Granada (Fraser). 

 This may be a darker variety of the M. brasiliensis, wanting the 

 spot on the forehead. The young from Quito is much darker than 

 the adult ; J/, .vanthocjenys is intermediate as regards the spot on 

 the head. 



