=British Columbia.= Vancouver Island: Cape Scott, 4; Shushartie,
1; Quatsino, 1[74]; Jeune Landing, 1[74]; Port Alice, 5[15];
Marble Creek, Quatsino Sound, 1[22]; Port Hardy, 5; Sayward, 2;
Bear Lake, 4; Bear River, 1; Comox, 4(3[85]); Stamp River,
Alberni, 1[31]; Errington, 1[74]; French Creek, 1[74]; Hilliers,
1[74]; Craigs Crossing, 1[74]; Nanaimo, 2[22]; Cowichan Lake,
1[22]; Duncan, 2[85]; Salt Spring Island, 1[85].
=Mustela erminea fallenda= Hall
Ermine
Plates 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13
_Mustela erminea fallenda_ Hall, Journ. Mamm., 26:79, February 27,
1945; Hall, Journ. Mamm., 26:181, July 19, 1945.
_Putorius streatori_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 11:13, June 30, 1896
(part-Sumas).
[Illustration: FIG. 27. Map showing known occurrences and probable
geographic ranges of the subspecies of _Mustela erminea_ in Washington
and parts of British Columbia and Oregon.]
_Type._--Male, adult, skull and skin; no. 7096, Nat. Mus. Canada;
Huntingdon, British Columbia; May 21, 1927; obtained by C. H.
Young, original no. 317.
The brown summer skin is well made. The skull (plates 5-7) is
complete. Right p2 has the crown broken away; otherwise the teeth
all are present and entire.
_Range._--On mainland in immediate vicinity of coast from probably
opposite Texada Island, British Columbia, south to Lake Whatcom,
Washington, and east to Mount Baker Range on International
boundary. See figures 25, 27 on pages 95, 149.
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