=Oregon.= _Clatsop County_: Old Fort Clatsop, 1[74]; Astoria, 1.
_Tillamook County_: Tillamook, 12 (7[14], 2[74], 2[2], 1[46]);
Netarts, 1[46]; Blaine, 16 (13[14], 1[93], 1[76], 1[59]). _Lane
County_: Reed, 1; Mercer, 1[46]. _Curry County_: Langlois, 1[46].
=Washington.= _Whatcom County_: Nooksack River, 2000 ft., 14 mi. E
Glacier, 1; Swamp Creek, 2050 ft., Nooksack River, 3[10]; Lookout,
4800 ft., Mt. Baker, 2[10]; Bellingham, 8[25]; 5 mi. S Bellingham,
1[49]. _Skagit County_: Rockport, 300 ft., 1. _King County_:
Bothell, 2[94]; N Seattle 1[51]; Seattle, 1[49]; Tye, 1[51], 2 mi.
E Skykomish, 1[51]; 7 mi. E Kent, 1[76]; Auburn, 3[94]. _Pierce
County_: Tacoma, 1[1]. _Clallam County_: Sequim, 1[49]; Soleduc
Riv., near [_sic._] Sappho, 1[49]; Happy Lake, 1[60]; mouth of
Boulder Creek, Elwha River, 560 ft., Olympic Mts., 1; Hume's
Ranch, 1000 ft., Elwha River, 1; Bogachiel Riv., 1[49]. _Mason
County_: Lake Cushman, 2; 4 mi. N Shelton, 1[51]. _Thurston
County_: Olympia, 2[49]; Tenino, 1[51]. _Pacific County_: 2-1/2
mi. SE Chinook, 3[74].
=Mustela frenata oregonensis= (Merriam)
Long-tailed Weasel
Plates 19, 20, 21, 30, 34, 35 and 36
_Putorius xanthogenys oregonensis_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 11:25,
June 30, 1896; Bangs, Proc. New England Zoöl. Club, 1:57, June 9,
1899.
_Mustela xanthogenys oregonensis_, Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull.,
79:99, December 31, 1912.
_Mustela xanthogenys munda_, Grinnell, Univ. California Publ.
Zoöl., 40:102, September 26, 1933 (part).
_Mustela frenata oregonensis_, Hall, Carnegie Instit. Washington
Publ. 473:107, November 20, 1936.
_Type._--Male, subadult, skull and skin; no. 32019/43828, U. S.
Nat. Mus., Biol. Surv. Coll.; Grants Pass, Rogue River Valley,
Josephine County, Oregon; December 19, 1891; obtained by C. P.
Streator; original no. 1404.
The skull (plates 19-21, 30) is complete and unbroken. P3 on the
left side is missing. Otherwise the teeth all are present although
worn probably as a result of gnawing at the trap which captured
the specimen. The skin, in brown, winter pelage, is fairly well
made.
Although the label on the skin and the label in the skull vial
each give the sex of the specimen as female, and although Merriam
(1896:25) regarded the specimen as a female, the present writer
regards the specimen as a male.
It is as large as other undoubted males and larger than any known
female of this subspecies. The labels with the skull and skin give
the locality as "Rogue River Valley, Oregon." The listing here of
the more restricted locality, Grants Pass, is made on the basis of
Merriam's (1896:25) original description of the subspecies.
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