92 



PUTORIUS. 



Teeth :— Incisors || ; Canines £| ; Premolars ||; Molars ^5 =34. 



The Polecat. Putorius fcetidus. 



Mustela putorius, Blainv., Ost^og. pi. 4 (skeleton), pi. 13 (teeth). 

 Foetorius putorius, Blasius, Wirbelth. p. 68. no. 143 ; Faun. Wirb. 



Deutschl. p. 222. fig. 125 (skull), 1857. 

 Putois, Buff., Hist. Nat. vii. p. 199. pi. 24 (skeleton). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 6 



• Sacral 3 



Caudal 15 or 16 



a. Skull. 



*b. Skull. Siberia. 



c. Skull. England. Presented by John Hay, Esq. 



d. Skeleton. England. 

 e-g. Skulls. 



*" S ?! \ From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 

 i. Skeleton. J 



?'. Skull ? From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



h. Skull. "Ferret." ] 



I. Skull. " Polecat." > From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



m. Skull. J 



n. Skull. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



o-q. Skulls. From Mr. Stevens's sale. 



r. Skeleton : male. S. Germany. From Dr. A. Giinther's Collection. 



VISON. 



Teeth :— Incisors || ; Canines ^ ; Premolars ||; Molars^; =34. 



The Mink or Vison. Vison lutreola. 



Blainv., Ost. Atl. G. Mustela, pi. 13 (teeth). — Baird, Manim. N. 

 America, pi. 37. figs. 2, 3 (adult and young). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 3 



Caudal 17 



a, b. Skulls. Hudson's Bay. Presented by the Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany. 

 c. Skeleton. N. America. 



*d. Skull 1 Europe. Presented by Dr. Kaup. 



'■'€. Skeleton (impertect). J x * x 



