420 MU STELA. 



Measurements. Total length, 640; tail vertebrae, 210, hind foot, 

 95. Skull: average of six adults; occipito-nasal length, 78. g; zvgo- 

 matic breadth. 47.8; interorbital constriction, 16.7; width across 

 postorbital processes, 22.5; mastoid breadth, 37.8. 



b. Mnstela americana abietinmdes (Gray). 



Martes americana var. i. abietinoides Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1865, 

 p. 106. 

 Selkirk Marten. 



Type locality. "Rocky Mountains." 



Ge'ogr. Distr. Interior region of British Columbia, Selkirk, and 

 Gold Mountain Ranges, Canada. 



Color. "Black brown; ears pale; head grizzled with white hairs, 

 more or less gray ; throat yellow or yellow spotted ; throat spots large 

 or broken up into small spots; the head sometimes with only a few 

 gray hairs, and the throat with only a few distinct small spots." 

 (Gray.) 



Measuremeiits. Total length, 584; tail vertebrae, 178; hind foot, 

 87. Skull: basal length, 70; zygomatic breadth, 43: postorbital con- 

 striction, 17. 



c. Mn stela americana briiinalis (Bangs). 



Mustela hrnmalis Bangs, Amer. Nat., xxxii, 1898, p. 502, fig. 

 Mustela americana brumalis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II. 1901, p. 336. Zool. Ser. 

 Labrador Marten. 



Type locality. Okak, Labrador. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northern Labrador. 



d. tMiost?la atnerieana actuosa Osgood. 



Mustela americana actuosa Osgood. X. Am. Faun., No. 19, 1900, 

 p. 43. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 336. Zool. Ser. 

 Active Marten. 



Type locality. Fort Yukon. Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Alaska. Range unknown. 



1019. Mustela nesophila Osgood. 



Mustela nesophila Osgood, N. Am. Faun., No. 21, 1901, p. S3- 

 Queen Charlotte Island Marten. 



Type locality. Graham Island. Queen Charlotte Islands, British 

 Columbia, Canada. 



Genl. Char. Rostrum thick, heavy. 



Measurements. Skull: basilar length, 73; palatal length, 39: post- 



