_Color._--As described in _Mustela erminea richardsonii_ except
that underparts not Sulphur Yellow but ranging from near (_e_)
Colonial Buff through Marguerite Yellow to almost pure white;
color of underparts extends distally on posterior sides of
forelegs and onto toes but in many specimens interrupted at wrist
by color of upper parts; color of underparts extends onto proximal
three-fourths of under side of tail as length of tail is measured
along tail-vertebrae; least width of color of underparts
averaging, in 5 males, 79 (66-130) per cent of greatest width of
color of upper parts. Black tip of tail in same males averaging 62
(60-70) mm. which is 92 (83-115) per cent of length of
tail-vertebrae.
The close correspondence in color-pattern of this weasel with the
Arctic races, _arctica_, _polaris_, _semplei_ and _kadiacensis_ is
noteworthy, and distinguishes it from weasels on the adjacent
mainland and adjoining islands to the north and south. The color
of the upper parts is darker than in the four Arctic races named.
_Skull._--Male (7 adults): See measurements and plates 5-7. As
described in _Mustela erminea richardsonii_ except that: Weight,
1.9 (1.7-2.0) grams; basilar length, 36.7 (35.6-37.5); length of
tooth-rows more than length of tympanic bullae; breadth of rostrum
measured across lacrimal processes more than a third of basilar
length; interorbital breadth more than distance between glenoid
fossa and posterior margin of external auditory meatus; zygomatic
breadth barely less than distance between last upper molar and
jugular foramen.
Female (2 adults): See measurements and plates 11-13. As described
in _Mustela erminea richardsonii_ except that: Weight, 1.3 and 1.4
grams; basilar length, 34.2; length of tooth-rows more or less
than (about equal to) length of tympanic bulla; breadth of rostrum
more than 30 per cent of basilar length; interorbital breadth not
less than distance between glenoid fossa and posterior margin of
external auditory meatus.
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