391 



120; hind foot, 48 and 48*6. Adult male from Farr, Daviot, 

 luverness : head and body, 254 ; tail, 110 ; hiud foot, 48 "5. 



Specimens examined. — Seventy-four, from the following localities : — 



Scotland : Thurso, Caithness, 1 ; Sutherlaudshire, 1 ; Cromarty, 4 ; 

 Annadale, Skye, 2 ; Farr, Daviot, Inverness, 1 (Wilson) ; Stockbriggs, 

 Lanark, 9 ; Wyseley, Dumfries, 2 ; Ecclefechan, Dumfries, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Wades : North Wales, no exact locality, 1 ; Nannerch, Flintshire, 2 ; 

 Vaynol, Carnarvonshire, 2 ; Usk, Monmouthshire, 2 ; St. Brides, Pembroke- 

 shire, 1 ; St. Fagan's, Cardiff. 



England : Riding-ilill-on-Tyne, Northumberland, 1 ; Westmoreland, 1 ; 

 Doncaster, Yorkshire, 2 ; Leeds, Yorkshire, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Gainsborough, 

 Lincolnshire, 1 ; Derbyshire, 1 ; Sandringham, Norfolk, 3 ; Lowestoft, 

 Suffolk, 1 ; Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 1 ; Priswell, Cambridgeshire, 8 ; 

 Rugby, Warwickshire, 1 ; Graftonbury, Hereford, 3 ; Tring, Hertford, 2 ; 

 Felden, Hertfordshire, 1 ; Banstead, Surrey, 2 ; Laseley Park, Guildford, 

 Surrey, 1 ; Buckland, Somerset, 2 ; Blandford, Dorset, 3 ; Eversley, 

 Hampshire, 1; Whitechurch, Hampshire, 1; Selborne, Hampshire, 1; 

 Staplehurst, Kent, 1 ; Horsham, Sussex, 2 ; Mayfield, Sussex, 8. 



Bemarhs. — In the British stoat the change to the white 

 winter coat does not take place so regularly and completely as in 

 the continental forms. This is particularly true in central and 

 southern England. Apart from this character, of problematic^] 

 value, the animal is distinguishable by its heavy teeth. A few 

 small though apparently well developed skulls from the north 

 of Scotland indicate the possible existence there of a local form 

 somewhat resemblin" true erminea. 



9. 



3 9. 



6, 9. 



6. 



3 6, St. 



Thurso, Caithness, Scot- 

 land (ill?s. J. Edis). 

 Cromarty. 



Annadale, Skye. 

 Sutherlaudshire. 

 Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire. 



W. R. Sherrin (p). 9. 1. 9. 1. 



W.R.Ogilvie-Grant 



(c & p). 

 Dr. Hastings (c&p). 

 W. Paterson (c&p). 

 E.R.Alston (c&p). 



3 S, 9. Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire. E. R. Alston (c & p). 



9. Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire. 



i, 9. Nannerch, Flintshire, 



Wales. 

 2 9. Vaynol, Carnarvonshire. 

 2 i. Usk, Monmouthshire. 



St. Brides, Pembroke- 

 shire. 

 1. St. Fagans, Cardiff, 

 st. Derbyshire, England, 

 st. Sandringham, Norfolk. 



2 st. Sandringham, Norfolk. 



9 st. Lowestoft, SuSolk. 



st. Bury St. Edmunds, Suf- 

 folk. 

 3 (J, 4 9. Friswell, Cambridgeshire. 

 S. Rugby, Warwickshire. 



E.R.Alston (c&p). 

 A. Richardson 



(c & p). 

 J. E. Harting (p). 

 J. S.Phillips (c&p). 

 Hon. C. Edwardes 



(c & p). 

 J. Cording (c). 

 Index Museum. 

 H.M. King Edward 



VII. (p). 

 H.M. King Edward 



VII. (p). 

 F. S. Worthiugton 



(c & p). 

 T. Harcourt-Powell 



(c & p). 

 W. Farren (c). 

 E.E.Austen (c&p). 



11.1.3.175-177. 



11. 1. 3. 395-396 

 8. 11. 26. 1. 

 79. 9. 25. 16, 18, 



20. 

 79. 9. 25. 14, 15, 



17, 19. 

 79. 9. 25. 84. 

 11. 1. 3. 192-193. 



11. 1. 3.194-195. 

 87. 8. 6. 1-2. 

 90. 12. 5. 1. 



90. 6. 19. 1. 

 94. 4. 8. 1. 

 96. 4. 13. 1. 



96. 11. 24. 1-2. 



98. 2. 15. 1. 



87. 2. 28. 1. 



4. 5. 3. 1--S. 

 11. 1. 8. 181. 



