=Saskatchewan.= Poplar Point, Athabasca Lake, 1[75]; Fair Point, Athabasca Lake, 1[75]; Emma Lake, 1[74]; Harper Lake, 2[77]; Livelong, 3[55]; Fairholme, 2[74]; Touchwood Hills, 2[7]; Indian Head, 1[86].
=Yukon.= Hoole Canyon, 1; Teslin Lake (30 mi. N of, 1; Lake itself, 1; "near" the lake, 1; Mts. "near," 2; Snowden Mts., 2; Teslin Post, 2; Eagle Bay, 1; Morley Bay, 2; Nisutlin River, 1; Nisutlin Flats, 2; Wolf River, 1; Wolf Lake, 5), 21[77].
_Mustela cigognanii_ [_sic._] Bonaparte, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist., 2:37, 1838.
_Putorius vulgaris_, Emmons, Quadrupeds of Massachusetts, p. 44, 1840.
_Mustela pusilla_ DeKay, Zool. of New York, Pt. 1, Mammalia, p. 34, pl. 14, fig. 1, 1842. Type from New York State.
_Putorius pusillus_, Audubon and Bachman, Vivip. Quadrupeds of N. Amer., 2:100, pl. 64, 1851 (pl. 1846) and erroneously labeled _Mustela fusea_, as pointed out on p. 102 of text.
_Putorius cicognanii_, Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 161, 1858.
_Putorius richardsoni cicognani_, Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 10; 18, figs. 4, 4a of pls. 1 and 2, and pl. 3, figs. 2, 2a, February 25, 1896 (part).
_Putorius cicognani_, Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 11:10, pl. 2, figs. 3, 3a, 4, 4a and pl. 5, figs. 2, 2a, June 30, 1896.
_Mustela cicognanii cicognanii_, Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 79:95, December 31, 1912; Bishop, Journ. Mamm., 4:26, February 9, 1923.
_Mustela cicognanii_, Jackson, Journ. Mamm., 3:15, February 8, 1922.
_Mustela erminea cicognanii_, Hall, Journ. Mamm., 26:77, February 27, 1945; Hall, Journ. Mamm., 26:180, July 19, 1945.
_Type._--No type specimen designated; type locality, eastern United States.
The restriction of the type locality from the general region of northeastern North America, as given by Merriam (1896:10) to the less inclusive area of the eastern United States as earlier given by Bangs (1896:18) is supported by Bonaparte's remarks in connection with the proposal of the name _cicognanii_. He says (1838:37-38) "During my stay in the United States, I only saw a small species of _Mustela_, very common throughout the Union . . . ." This animal constituted basis for the name _cicognanii_ which name, he points out, is bestowed in order that the Americans ". . . should have constantly under their eye, this very common little animal, as the perpetual memorial . . ." to the Italian Governmental representative ". . . who, for upwards of fourteen years had served, in diplomatic and commercial concerns, . . . two countries, . . . so different . . . as the Roman and the United States. . . ." Clearly he had in mind principally, if not exclusively, the animal of the United States.