172 
1777, 471, No. 12.—Schreb., Saugt., 111 1778.—Gm., S. N., 1, 1788, 
99.—Desm., Mamm., i, 1820, 179, No. 275.—Fr. Cuv., Dict. Sci. 
Nat., xxix, 1823, 251, No. 7.—Is. Geoff., Dict. Class., x, 213.— 
Less., Man., 1827, 146 —Fisch., Syn., 1829, 223.—Flem., Br. An., 
1828, 138.—Jen., Br. Vert., 1835, 12.—Bell, Br. Quad., 1837, 141. 
Gray, List Mamm. Br. Mus., 1843, 65.—Gieb., Saugt., 1855, 782. 
Farwick, Zool. Gart., xiv, 1873, 17 (albino).—Harlan, Faun. 
Amer., i, 1825, 61.—Maxim., Reise, ii, 1841, 98.—Thomps., Nat. 
Hist. Vermont, 1853, 30.—Hall, Canadian Nat. and Geol., vi, 
1861, 295.—Kirtland, Ohio Geolog. Survey, 1838, 160, 176. 
1761. Mustela nivalis, Linn., Fn. Suec., 2d ed., 1761, 7, No. 18; S. N., i, 
1766, 69, No. 11.—Miull., Zool. Prod., 1776, 3, No. 15.—ErxlL., Syst. 
Anim., 1777, 476, No. 14.—Schreb., Saiugt., i11, 1778, pl. 188.— 
Less., Man., 1827, 146.—Forst., Phil. Tr., xii, 1772, 378. 
1788. Mustela vulgaris, a. xstiva, b. nivalis, Gm., S. N., i, 1788, 99, Nos. 11 
a, 116. 
1300. Viverra vulgaris, Shaw, G. Z., i, 1860, 420, pl. 98. 
1827. Putorius vulgaris, Griff., An. Kingd., v, 1827, 121, No. 344.—Brandt, 
Wirb. Eur. N. E. Russl., —,26.—Emm., Rep. Quad. Mass., 1840, 
44,—Ali., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat.. Hist., xiii, 1869, 183; Bull. M. C. 
Z., 1, 1870, 167.—Jordan, Man. Vert., 1878, 18. 
1829. Mustela (Putorius) vulgaris, Rich., F. B. A., i, 1829, 45. 
1831. Mustela gale, Pall., Zoog. R. A., i, 1831, 94, No. 32. 
1840. Fetorius vulgaris, Keys. & Blas., Wirb. Eur., 1840, 69, No. 147. 
1842. Mustela pusilla, DeKay, N. Y. Zodl., i, 1842, 34, pl. 14, f. 1. 
1851. Putorius pusillus, Aud. & Bach, Q. N. A., 1851, 100, pl. 64.—Baird, 
M. N. A., 1857, 159.—Suckley, N. H. W. T., 1860, 92.—Sam., 
Rep. Mass. Agr. for 1861, 154, pl. 1, f. 2, 4—Maxim., Arch. 
Naturg., 1861, —.—Ross, Canad. Nat. and Geol., vi, 1861, 441.— 
Merriam, Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 661 (Idaho).— 
Ames, Bull. Minn. Acad. Nat. Sei., 1874, 69. 
1877. Putortus (Gale) vulgaris, Coues, Mon. N. A. Mustelide, 1877, 162, pl. 
vi, figs. 2, 4. 
Common Names.—Common Weesel, Penn., Hist. Quad., 1781, No. 192; 
Arctic Zodl., i, 1784, 75, No. 25.— Wiesel, Kleine Wiesel, German.— Wezel, 
Belgic.— Vzsel, Danish.—Sneemuus, Danish (white).—Swomus, Swedish 
(white).—Ballatiula, Italian.— Comadreja, Spanish. 
Specific Characters.—General body colors substantially as in P. ermineus ; 
under parts white, very rarely tinged with sulphury yellow. Size small; 
length of head and trunk six or eight inches; tail slender, cylindrical, 
pointed at tip; tail concolor (sometimes blackish at tip in western speci- 
