Consequently, the name _cicognanii_, in the present account is
applied to the ermine of the eastern United States. In my opinion there
was and is no type. Almost certainly there was no type if the Fauna
Italica appeared before the account in Charlesworth's Magazine did.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 172, arranged alphabetically
by provinces and states, then (except where indication is given to
the contrary) by counties from north to south within each state or
province. Unless otherwise indicated, specimens are in the U. S.
National Museum.
=Connecticut.= _Windham County_: S. Woodstock, Woodstock Lake,
1[2]. _Hartford County_: Windsor, 1[5]. _New London County_:
Liberty Hill, 3[75].
=Maine.= _Aroostook County_: Quimby, 1[75]; Ashland 2[75].
_Piscataquis County_: tableland on top of Mt. Katahdin, 1; Chimney
Pond, 3; T. 5, R. 13, 3[5]; "vicinity of Chesnucook," 1[5]; T. 4,
R. 13, 1[5]; Moosehead Lake, 7[75]; Grenville, 10[75]; Barnard, 3
(1[86]). _Penobscot County_: South Twin Lake, 1[2]; Lincoln, 11
(7[1], 2[14], 2[50]). _Franklin County_: Seven Pond Township,
7[75]. _Oxford County_: Umbago Lake, 1[75]; Upton, 4[86]; Bethel,
1[75]. _Hancock County_: Bucksport, 17[75]; Naskeag, 1. _Lincoln
County_: Booth Bay, 1[5].
=Massachusetts.= _Middlesex County_: Wilmington, 2; Burlington, 6
(1[75]); _Worcester County_: Cambridge, 5 (1[5], 3[75]); Sterling,
1[5]. _Plymouth County_: Middleboro, 7 (1[75]).
=New Hampshire.= _Carroll County_: Ossipee, 5. _Rockingham
County_: Greenland, 1[76]. _Cheshire County_: Dublin, 1.
=New York.= _St. Lawrence County_: Ogdensburg, 1[74]. _Franklin
County_: Malone, 1[58]. _Lewis County_: Locust Grove, 1. _Warren
County_: Lake George, 1. _Montgomery County_: Amsterdam, 1.
_Albany County_: Albany, 1[80]. _Rensselaer County_: Berlin, 2[2];
Schoharie, 1[2]. _Thompkins County_: Cascadilla Creek, Ithaca,
1[58]. _Allegany County_: Ford Brook, Wellsville, 1[58]. _Ontario
County_: Phelps, 1[50]. _Cattaraugus County_: Cattaraugus, 1[5].
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