viii Full-Page and Other Illustrations 



Fig. 204. — Head of Short-tailed Weasel 844 



Fig. 205. — Skulls of Short-tailed Weasel 846 



Fig. 206. — Skull of Short-tailed Weasel adult, from Elk River, Minn. . . 846 



Fig. 207. — Skull of P. rixosus, the type 859 



Fig. 208. — Skulls of Long-tailed Weasel ....... 867 



Fig. 209. — Right paws of young Mink. (Life size) ..... 873 



Fig. 210. — Young Mink. (Life size) ..... . 874 



Fig. 211. — Mink about one-fifth of life size 878 



Fig. 212. — Mink tracks 887 



Fig. 213. — ^Mink poses. (From life.) 889 



Fig. 214. — A Model Minkery 898 



Fig. 215. — Right feet of Rocky Mountain Marten (M. c. origenes) . . 903 



Fig. 216. — Marten ........... 909 



Fig. 217. — British Martens rubbing their musk on projections in the cage. 



(From life) 911 



Fig. 218. — Attitudes of Martens 915 



Fig. 219. — Marten tracks .......... 917 



Fig. 220. — Section of deadfall, showing trigger set . . . . .921 



Fig. 221. — Front view of deadfall set for Marten ..... 921 



Fig. 222. — Life studies of Fisher ......... 933 



Fig. 223. — Tracks of a large Fisher 937 



Fig. 224. — Right-side tracks of Wolverine ....... 963 



Fig. 225. — The right front and right hind paws of Hudsonian Skunk . . 967 



Fig. 226. — Head of Hudsonian Skunk, from Iowa. (Life size) . . . 969 



Fig. 227. — Young of M. pulida just before birth. (Life size.) Weight 15 



grammes ........... 974 



Fig. 228. — Mastology of Skunk 975 



Fig. 229. — Anal scent-gland of M. pulida dissected and raised to expose the 



rectum (R). (Life size, but a very small example) . . . 977 



Fig. 230. — Tracks of Skunk ......... 987 



Fig. 231. — Right fore and hind feet of Badger ...... 999 



Fig. 232. — Badger hole, 6 feet deep 1003 



Fig. 233. — Mastology of the Raccoon ion 



