. Synopsis of the weasels of North America [microform]. Weasels; Mammals; Belettes; Mammifères. Jrj»it,1806.] SYNOPSIS OP THE WEA!r>ELS OF NORTH AMERICA. 17 Color.—^Summer pelaf/e: Upper parts, including; fore and liiiid leot and aual region, and often encroacliiiig irregularly on belly, rieli dark chocolate brown, sometimes suggesting seal brown; under j tarts (usually including upper lij)) white, more or less washed witli yoHowish; no yellow on under side of tail or on hind feet, the color of under i)arts sto])ping short of ankle. Winter pihuje: In southern i)art of range similar to summe
. Synopsis of the weasels of North America [microform]. Weasels; Mammals; Belettes; Mammifères. Jrj»it,1806.] SYNOPSIS OP THE WEA!r>ELS OF NORTH AMERICA. 17 Color.—^Summer pelaf/e: Upper parts, including; fore and liiiid leot and aual region, and often encroacliiiig irregularly on belly, rieli dark chocolate brown, sometimes suggesting seal brown; under j tarts (usually including upper lij)) white, more or less washed witli yoHowish; no yellow on under side of tail or on hind feet, the color of under i)arts sto])ping short of ankle. Winter pihuje: In southern i)art of range similar to summer pelage, but upi>er parts paler, nearly drab brown. Northern specimens white all over except terminal third of tail, which is Jet black; throat, belly, ]H)sterior half of back and tail always suffused with yellowish. Cninifil characters.—kSkull of male large, heavy, and elongate; sagittal ridge present in adults; postorbital l>red; zygomatu not. —Pvtoniis wwehiiraeeniis (f art (larks, New York. Atllron- bowed outirartl; audita! bulla' rather narrowly oval, usually rounded an- teriorly as well as posteriorly. Skull of female very small, light, and narrow, with brain case elongate and subcylindric, uiuch as in cicof/nani; audital bulhe small, narrow, and not rising abruptly anteriorly from inflated scjuamosals, which latter are elongated and strongly inflat'd as in cicognani. Skulls of nudes may be distinguished from those of male longicamhi by shorter i)ostorbital processes, less marked postorbital constriction, less triangular brain case, lower sagittal ridge, very much narrower zygomata, which arc not botved ontirard, narrower palate, and narrower audital bulhe, which are more rounde«l anteriorly. The resem- blance to 1\ washingtoni is very much closer, but male skulls of norebo- }. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations m
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