82 - Rafinesque on a New Species of Marten. 
folium, Glechoma hederacea, &c.: wad the following s 
above the Falls—TZvillium cernuum, Viola pubescens, V- 
pennsylvanica, Hydrophyllum virginicum, Polemonium 
reptans, Senecio aureus, Saxifraga pennsylvanica, Sta- 
phylea trifoliata, Obolaria virginica, Caltha palustris, 
Ranunculus abortivus, &c. 
11. Seen the first bat. 
12. Near Haddonfield, Bartsia coccinea, Helonias bullata, Tri- 
olium repens, &c. 
15. Found between Cambden and Haddonfield, Zrifolium pra- 
tense, Silene virginica, Antirrhinum canadense, Lithos- 
pernum tenellum,; Raf., Festuca tenella, Selaranthus an- 
nuus, Oxalis biflora, Raf., Poa rubra, Vaccinium corym- 
bosum, Viola palmata, V. parvifolia, Raf., Rubus flagel- 
laris, &c. Also in blossom, Quereus rubra, Q. obtusiloba, 
Q. alba, &c. 
29. Found near Burlington, Plantago virginica, Euphorbia 
ipecacuana, Comptonia asplenifolia, Myposotis lappula, 
Senecio obovatus, Scirpus acicularis, Lithospernum iri- 
nervum, Raf., L. tenellum, Raf., Sc; besides several 
Carices. 
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Arr. XVIL Description of a New Species of North 
American Marten, (Mustela vulpina,) by C. S. Ratt 
NESQUE. 
T HE regions watered by the Missouri are inhabited by many 
animals, as yet unknown to the zoologists, although many have 
been noticed by travellers. A species of marten has lately 
been presented to the Lyceum of Natural History in New- 
York, which was brought from that country, and appears Me 
belong to a peculiar species, very different from the common 
marten of Europe, Asia, and America, although it has, in com 
mon with it, the character of the yellow throat; but the head, 
feet, and tail, afford so many peculiar characters, that no doubt 
can be entertained of its diversity. I have, therefore, give? 
