PUTOKIUS EEMINEA.— Liwk. 
White Weasel. — Stoat. 
PLATE LIX. Male and Female in summer pelage. Natural size. 
P. Hyeme alba ; sestate supra rutila, infra alba caudae apice nigro. 
CHARACTERS. 
White, in winter ; in summer, hrown above, white beneath ; tip of the tail, 
black. 
SYNONYMES. 
Mustela Erminea, Briss. Regne An., p. 243, 2. 
“ “ Linn., Syst. Nat., 12. i., p. 68. 7. 
“ “ Sobreb., Silugth., p. 496, 11 t. 137. 
“ “ Erxleben Syst., p. 474, 13. 
ViVERA Erminea, Shaw, Gen. Zool., i., 2 p. 426 t. 99. 
“ “ Pennant, Arctic Zoology, i., p. 75. 
Hermine, Buffon, C. C., p. 240, t. 
Mustela Erminea, PaiTy’s First Yoyage, Sup. 135. 
“ “ Parry’s Second Voy., App. 294. 
“ “ Franklin’s First Journey, p. 652. 
“ “ Godman, Ame. Nat. Hist., vol. i., p. 193, fig. 1. 
“ “ Harlan, p.62. 
PuTORius Noveboracensis, Dekay, Nat. Hist. New- York, p. 36. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Body, long and slender, with a convex nose and forehead ; limbs, short, 
and rather stout ; tail, long and cylindrical ; moustaches, long, extending 
beyond the ears ; ears, low, broad and round, do not entirely surround the 
auditory opening, sparingly covered with short hairs on both surfaces. 
There are five toes on each foot, the inner toe much the shortest ; the 
toes are clothed with hairs, covering the nails ; fur, soft and short ; tail, 
hairy, and bushy at the end. There are two glands situated on each side 
of the under surface of the tail, which contain an offensive white musky 
fluid. 
