94 FELID.E. MUSTELA. 



The Black-faced Weasel. Mustela frenata. 



Baird, Mamm. N. America, pi. 77. fig. 1 (skull of adult), fig. 2 (skull 

 of young). 



Cervical vertebra? 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 3 



Caudal 21 



a. Skull. Mexico. 



*b. Skull. N. America. 



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



*d. Skull. New Granada. 



e. Skeleton. Mexico. From Mr. E. Gerrard's, Jun., Collection. 



The Yellow-cheeked "Weasel. Mustela xanthogenys. 



Gray, Voy. of the Sulphur, pi. 17. figs. 4-6 (skull). 



*a. Skull. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, K.N., C.B.— The 

 specimen figured. 



The Choeok. Mustela sibirica. 



*«. Skull. Siberia. From the Museum of St. Petersburg. 

 *b. Skull. 



The Altaic "Weasel. Mustela alpina. 



a, *b, c. Skulls. Altai Mountains. From the Museum of St. Peters- 



burg. 



The Naked-footed Weasel. Mustela nudipes. 

 Blainv., Ost. Atl. G. Mustela, pi. 13 (dentition). 



*a. Skull. Java. 



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



Mustela (Lyncodon) patagonica. 

 I)' Orb., Voy. ix. pi. 13. fig. 4 fskull). 



Mustela (Putorius) brasiliensis. 

 UOrb., Voy. ix. pi. 13. fig. 3 (skull). 



The Cathia. Mustela cathia vel auriventer. 

 a. Skull. India. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



