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43. — Vulpes Kttoralis, Baird, (n. s.)—Island Fox.—Isl. of San Miguel, coast of Cal. 143 
11. BASSAEIS, Liclit. 147 
44. — Bassaris astuta, Licht.—Civet Cat.—City of Mexico to Texas and California. 147 
12. MUSTELA, Linn. 149 
45. — Mustela pennantii, Erxl.—Fislier ; Black Cat.—Southern Penn, to New York, 
(to 65 N., Kichardson,) and from the Allegheny range to Washing¬ 
ton Territory. 149 
46. — Mustela amerieana, Turton.—Pine Marten ; American Sable.—Adirondac Moun¬ 
tains, N. Y., and west to the Cascade Mountains and Puget’s Sound... 152 
13. PUTOKIUS, Cuvier. 159 
47. — Putorius pusillus, Aud. & Bach.—Least Weasel.—^Pemhina, Minn., to Puget’s 
Sound: New York, (DeKay.). 159 
48. '— ^Putorius cicognanii. —Small Brown Weasel.—Labrador and Nova Scotia to Puget’s 
Sound, and south to Boston, Massachusetts. 161 
49. — Putorius richardsonii, Bp.—Little Ermine.—Nova Scotia to Puget’s Sound, and 
south to Boston. 164 
50. — ^Putorius noveboracensis, DeKay.—White Weasel; Ermine.—Boston and North¬ 
ern New York, and Illinois, to southern Penn, and Arkansas. Not 
in the far west ?. 166 
51. — ^Putorius longicauda, Eich.—Long-Tailed Weasel.—Upper Missouri and Platte. 
(Carlton ^House, H. B. T., Eich.). 169 
52. — Putorius kaneii, Baird, (n. s.)—Kane’s Ermine.—Behring’s Straits and Siberia... 172 
53. — ^Putorius frenatus, Aud. & Bach.—Bridled Weasel,—City of Mexico to the Eio 
Grande, Texas. 173 
54. — Putorius xanthogenys. —Yellow-Cheeked Weasel.—San Diego to San Francisco, 
Cal., on the coast. 176 
55. — ^Putorius vison, Eich.—Brown Mink.—New York and Massachusetts to Florida, 
and west to the Pacific and Puget’s Sound. 177 
56. — Putorius nigrescens, Aud. & Bach.—Little Black Mink.—Massachusetts and 
Northern New York to Fort Leavenworth. 180 
14. GULO, Storr. 181 
57. __Qulo luscus, Sabine.—Wolverine.—Salt Lake, and Black Hills, Neb., to Arctic 
America, (northern New York, Aud. & Bach.). 181 
