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monograph of these mammals, gives as a special character of rixosus : ' Tail 

 not tipped with black ' — but I find that his type of that species has several 

 distinctly blackish hairs among the brown ones at the tail tip, so also has the 

 specimen examined from Moose Factory, I am indebted to the Messrs. 

 Nease for consenting to part with thfe type, on condition that it be preserved 

 in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, as well as for their co- 

 operation in this investigation. Mr. Outram Bangs generously loaned me the 

 two specimens of rixosus mentioned above, one of them belonging to the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology of Cambridge, Mass." — Rhoads; see Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1900, pp. 751 to 754.* 



Genus Mustela Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, 1758, vol. i, p. 45. 

 Southeastern Marten ; American "Sable." Mustela amerkatta. 



1800. \_Musteia'\ americana Turton, Linnaeus, System of Nature, vol. i, 

 p. 60. 



Type locality. — Eastern North America. 



Faunal distribution. — Hudsonian, Canadian and upper transition zones ; 

 Atlantic Ocean to Cascade Mountains, there intergrading into M. a. caurina 

 Merriam. 



Distribution in Pa. and N. J.- -Once abundant over all the mountain re- 

 gions of the two states and to a certain extent invading the foothills of the 

 transition zone. Early exterminated in the latter areas and now only known 

 from the less deforested regions of the higher Alleghenies. Wholly absent 

 from any part of N. J. ; probably exterminated there 50 years ago. 

 ^ Records in Fa. — Cameroti Co. — " Found in hard-wood timber. Received 



several light-colored pelts from Shippen twp. in 1894; got 3 from same 

 township in 1895." — Larrabee, 1896. I have a skin taken in Cameron Co., 

 and have seen others. — Friant, 1902. I have examined several marten furs 

 above recorded by Larrabee and Friant. — Rhoads, 1902. 



Clinton Co. — " Once abundant in the beechwoods of this and adjoining 

 counties; now very rare; saw tracks of two in Clinton Co., winter, 1895." 

 — Nelson, 1896. None reported in the Co. since that date. — Rhoads, 1902. 

 " Mr. Thomas informs me that he caught 5 or 6 in dead falls on the head 



* I am indebted to Mr. Todd for the following additional records of this tiny weaseL 

 Both specimens are in the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh. One, a niumilied skin and skel- 

 eton found in a museum of a Catholic school at Herman, Butler Co., Pa., by F. Altnian. Its 

 measurements are, length 188 mm., tail vert., 7,3 nim., hind foot J0.5 mm. As these were 

 taken in flesh they are conclusive as to real size, indicating a longer tailed animal than was 

 supposed. The specimen is of much interest as showing a dark, chocolate, mid -winter 

 pelage and is unique in having same color on lower parts, with only the chin, throat and 

 breast white, as in Mustela. 



