SUMMARY OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE I. 

 The Family MUSTELID^. 



General consideratious — Systematic position and relations of the Mus- 

 /e/idcB— Division into subfamilies— Schedule of the North American 

 genera — Their dift'erential characters — Diagnoses of the North 

 American subfamilies — The anal glands of Alustelinw — The fossil 

 North American species of Musteline — Derivation and significa- 

 tion of names applied to Miistelidw 



CHAPTEE II. 

 Subfamily MUSTELIN J^ : The Wolverene. 



The genus Gnlo — Generic characters — G4(7o[?<8CMS,t]ie Wolverene — Syn- 

 onymy — Habitat — Specific characters — Description of external 

 characters — Measurements — Anal glands — Description of the skull 

 and teeth — Measurements of skulls, European and American — 

 Nomenclature of the species — Relation of the European and Ameri- 

 can animal — General history, geographical distribution, and habits 

 of the species — Its distribution in the Old World 32 



CHAPTEE III. 

 MUSTELINE— Continued : The Martens. 



The genus Mnstela — Generic characters, &c. — Analysis of North 

 American species — Mustela pennanti^ the Pekan or Pennant's Mar- 

 ten — Synonymy — Habitat — Specific characters — Description of 

 external characters — Dimensions — Skull and vertebra? — General 

 history, habits, and geographical distribution — Interpolated mat- 

 ter relating to exotic species of Mmtela — M. martes — Synonymy — 

 Description of its skull and teeth — M. foina — Synonymy — Notes 

 on its characters — M. zibellina — Synonymy — Measurements of 

 skulls of the three species — Comparative diagnoses of M. marteej 

 americana, and foina — Mustda americana, the American Sable or 

 Marten — Synonymy — Description and discussion of the spe- 

 cies — Table of measurements — Geographical variation in the 

 skull — General history- and habits of the species 59 



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