Intergradation with _richardsonii_ is complete and gradual; in one
sense _invicta_ is but little more than a small _richardsonii_.
Intergradation with _fallenda_ is shown by several specimens. These two
races differ in large degree in color, and in size and shape of the
skull of females. Although the geographic area where intergradation in
color occurs is fairly wide, the area in which intergradation in
cranial characters in females occurs, appears, from the inadequate
material available, to be much narrower. Intergradation occurs freely
in Washington with _streatori_ but with _muricus_ so far as known only
in the Bitterroot and nearby mountains of northwestern Montana. The
Snake River Plains and low country along much of the Columbia River
appears to be uninhabited by weasels of the species _erminea_ and hence
there is opportunity for intergradation only in the mentioned area of
Montana.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 177, as follows. Arranged
alphabetically by provinces and states then by localities from
north to south in each province and by counties from north to
south in each state. Unless otherwise indicated, specimens are in
the United States National Museum.
=Alberta.= Jasper House, 4[77]; Shovel Pass, 2[77]; Jasper Park,
10[77]; head of Smoky River, 9; Henry House, 2 (1[77]); Blindman
River, 1[2]; forks of Blindman River and Red Deer River, 2 (1[60],
1[75]); "near Red Deer, Red Deer River," 1[77]; Red Deer River, 2
(1[2], 1[60]); Red Deer, 2[60]; Rosebud, 2[77]; Prairie, 3000 ft.,
1; Didsbury, Little Red Deer River, 1; Canadian Nat'l Park, 1[60];
Canmore, 1; Banff, 1[60]; High River, 1[86]; "Waterton Lake Park"
in Alberta, 6[77].
=British Columbia.= Grand Forks of Fraser River, 1; Canoe River,
1[77]; Field, 1; Glacier, 1[58]; E side Beaverfoot Range,
4000-4500 ft., 6 mi. SE Fraser Creek, 8[74]; Wentworth Lake,
1[31]; Revelstoke, 2 (1[77], 1[60]); Spillimacheen[e]en River,
2[2]; Sicamous, 2; Albert River, 7000 ft., 1[2]; Lumby, Creighton
Valley, 1[31]; Okanagan, 4 (2[75], 1[94], 1[2]); Kettle River
Lake, Gold Range, 4000 ft., 1; Crows Nest Station, 1[74]; Yale
District, 3; Fort Hope, 1; Chilliwack Lake, 1[77]; Skagit, 2
(1[77], 1[31]); Skagit Valley, 1[77]; Skagit Summit, 1[77];
Lightning Lakes, 2 mi. N International Boundary, 3;
Osoyoos-Bridesville Summit, 2; Westbridge, 1[77]; Rossland, 5[77];
Creston, mouth Goat Creek, 3[77]; Yahk, 4[77].
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