MOSTELA 403 



1857. Fostorius vulgaris Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 231. 



1869. Fcetorius pusilhis Fatio, Faune Vert. Suisse, i, p. 332 (Not of Audubon 



and Baohman ; substitute for vulgaris). 

 1895. Putorius nivalis Thomas, The Zoologist, 3rd ser., xix, p. 177, 



May, 1895. 

 1900. Putorius nivalis typicus Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 7th ser., v, p. 42, January, 1900. 

 1900. Putorius nivalis vulgaris Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 7th ser., v, p. 42, January, 1900. 

 1908. P[utorius] nivalis var. monticola Gavazza, Bicerche sui ' ' Putorius 



nivalis " e sui "Putorius ermineus" d' Italia, Bologna, p. 37 (High 



valleys of the Alps). 

 1910. Putorius (Ictis) nivalis, P. (I.) nivalis vulgaris and P. (I.) vulgaris 



minutus Trouessart, Faune Marom. d'Europe, pp. 81-82. 



Type locality. — Province of Vesterbotten, Sweden. 



Geographical distribution. — Europe from the Arctic coast to 

 the Alps and Pyrenees, and from Great Britain eastward. 



Characters. — Size small : hind foot of adult males 29 to 34 mm. ; 

 condylobasal length of skull in adult males usually less than 

 41 mm. (36 to 42 mm.). 



Measurements. — Two adult males from Cromarty, Scotland : 

 head and body, 211 and 215; tail, 65 and 59; hind foot, 34 

 and 34 ; ear from meatus, 16 and 15. Two adult females from 

 the same region : head and body, 161 and 174 ; tail, 39 and 49 ; 

 hind foot, 24 and 25 ; ear from meatus, 12 and 12. Two adult 

 males from Guines, Pas-de-Calais, France : head and body, 209 

 and 212; tail, 60 and 58; hind foot, 31 and 30. Adult male 

 and female from Porte, Pyrenees-Orientales, France : head and 

 body, 213 and 187 ; tail, 60 and 54 ; hind foot, 33 and 26. Adult 

 male and female from Hatszeg, Hunyad, Hungary : head and 

 body, 196 and 150; tail, 70 and 41 ; hind foot, 31-4 and 21. 

 For cranial measurements see Table, p. 408. 



Specimens examined. — Ninety-nine, from the following localities : — 



Scotland : Thurso, Caithness, 1 ; Cromarty, 2 ; South Sutor, Cro- 

 marty, 1 ; Black Island, Cromarty, 1 ; Elgin, 1 ; Dava, Elgin, 1 (Wilson) ; 

 Cortachy, Forfar, 1 (Wilson) ; Stockbriggs, Lanark, 3 ; Lamancha, Peebles, 

 1 ; Ecclefechan, Dumfries, 2, Wyseby, Dumfries, 1 ; Jardine Hall, Dumfries, 

 2 (U.S.N.M.). 



England : Leeds, Yorkshire, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 1 ; 

 Aberia, Merionethshire, 1 ; Pembrokeshire, 4 ; Methwold, Norfolk, 1 ; 

 Sandringham, Norfolk, 4 ; Suffolk, 2 (skulls) ; Histon, Cambridgeshire, 2 ; 

 Tring, Hertfordshire, 3 ; Soham Fen, Cambridgeshire, 1 ; Saffron Walden, 

 Essex, 4; Southall, Middlesex, 1; Eashing, Surrey, 1 (U.S.N.M.); Cole- 

 ford, Gloucestershire, 1 ; Froyle, Hampshire, 1 ; Blandford, Dorset, 1 ; 

 Poughill, Shalton, Cornwall, 1 ; Stratton, Cornwall, 1. 



Nobway : Asker, near Christiania, 1. 



Sweden : Stockholm, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Denmark: Helsingor, Zealand, 1 (Copenhagen); Amager, 1 (Copen- 



Feance : Guines, Pas-de-Calais, 2 ; Leguevin, near Toulouse, Haute- 

 Garonne, 1; Luchon, Haute-Garonne, 1; Porte, Pyrenes-Orientales, 4; 

 Ax-les-Thermes, Ariege, 1 ; Barcelonnette, Basses- Alpes, 1. 



Germany: Brunswick, 1 (U.S.N.M.); Konigsberg, 3 (U.S.N.M.); 



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