﻿June, 1896 ] SYNOPSIS OF THE WEASELS OF NORTH AMERICA. 2l 



aiul mucli broader and more rectangular audita! biillte, wbicli as a rule 

 are broadly truiieate instead of narrowly rounded anteriorly. 



Measurements. — Averai^e of 4 males from plains of Saskatchewan and 

 Alberta : Total length, 450 ; tail vertebrae, 165 ; hind foot, 51. Average 



of 3 females: Total length, 387; 



tail vertebra^, 144: hiud foot, 44. 



PUTORIUS LONGICAUDA SPADIX Bangs. 

 Putorius longicauda spadix Bangs: Pror. I'iol. Soc. Wash., X, pp. 8-9, Feb. 25, 1896. 



Type locality. — Fort Snelling, near Minneapolis, Minn. 



Geographic distrilmtlou. — Edge of timber belt in Minnesota, along 

 boundary between Transition and Boreal zones. 



General characters. — Similar to P. longicauda^ but much darker. 



Color. — Summer pelage : Upper parts chocolate brown, darkest on the 

 head, but x)aler than in nove- 

 horacevsis ; chin and upper lip 

 whitish all round; rest of under 

 parts, including upper surfaces 

 of fore feet and toes of hind 

 feet, bufty yellow ; terminal part 

 of tail black. Winter pelage: 

 Snow-white everywhere except 

 bhrck tip of tail and a yellow- 

 ish suffusion on rest of tail, and 

 sometimes also on under side of 

 hind feet. 



Cranial characters. — As in F. 

 longicaucla. 



Measnrements.^ — Average of C 

 males from Fort Snelling, Minn. : Total length, 460; tail vertebrae, 166.5; 

 hind foot, 54,5. Average of 3 females: Total length, 356; tail verte 

 bn^, 132; hind foot, 43.5. 



PUTORIUS SATURATUS sp. uov. Cascade Mountain Weasel. 



Type from Siskiyou, near soutliern boundary of Oregon (altitude, about 4,000 feet). 

 No. 65930, ad,, U. S. Nat. Mus., Department of Agriculture collection. Collected 

 June 6, 1894, by Clark P. Streator. Orig. No. 3905. 



General characters. — Similar to P. arizonensiSy but larger and darker, 

 with belly more ochraceous, and with distinct spots behind the corners 

 of the mouth. 



Color. — Color of upi^er parts in summer pelage (June) dark raw 

 umber brown, becoming much darker on the top of the head and nose; 

 terminal part of tail black; a brown spot at corner of mouth which 

 may be confluent with brown of cheeks ; color of upper j)arts extending 

 over outer side of forearm to wrist, and over hind foot to toes; chin 



Figs. 10 and 11. 



Putorius I. sp(u 



\v 9 ad. Elk liiver, 



1 These measurements were taken in the flesh by Dr. E. A. Mearns, to wliomi am 

 indebted for them. 



