30 On the Fur-bearing Animals 



a settlement, such as Red River, it is a dreadful destroyer of 

 domestic poultry. In tlie wilderness it exercises this propensity 

 on birds and water-fowl. It is almost omnivorous, being equally 

 fond of fish and flesh. 



The various methods of trapping this animal have been already 

 detailed, and are similar to those employed in the capture of the 

 martin. It is not difficult to catch in steel traps, though rather 

 shy of wooden ones. 



I am strongly inclined to the opinion that there is only one 

 species of mink on this continent, and consider it highly probable 

 that the P. Nigrescentes of Aud. & Bach are merely common 

 minks under 3 years of age. I have seen numbers of skins here 

 of exactly the same color, size, and furring as those described 

 under that head in Prof. Baird's work on North American Mam- 

 mals, which were simply young P. visones. This gentleman also 

 states that the American species of mink never has the edge of the 

 upper Up white. I have never seen the whole of that part so colour- 

 ed, but in one specimen now on my table there is a white spot 

 beneath the nostrils. 



GuLo: Storr, 



*' Teeth 38, molars 5 above and 6 below. Lower sectorial teeth 

 without any internal tubercle. Soles densely hairy with 6 small 

 naked pads. Tail about as long as the head, very full and bushy 

 Body stout, bear-hke. Baird. 



GuLO Luscus, Wolverine. 



Sp. Ch. — The, winter color, dark brown along the back. A 

 broad band of much lighter yellowish browp passes from the 

 shoulder downwards alono; each side to the root of the tail 

 Forehead, cheeks, and nape of the neck grey. A number of 

 yellow, orange, or while spots irregularly scattered from the 

 throat to the foreleg. Feet and end of tail black. Dental formula 

 incisors ff, cansores |f, premolars |-f, molars ii.=i|.=38. 



TTie head of the Wolverine bears, in colouring and in shape, a 

 strong likeness to that of the M. Pennanti. In general appear- 

 ance and movements it greatly resembles the JJrsus Americanus^ 

 as well as in the consistency and length of its fur. Its walk, 

 however, is not nearly so plantigrade as that of the latter animal, 



