﻿SYNOPSIS 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  MINES— 
  H0LLI8TER. 
  

  

  479 
  

  

  to 
  distinguish 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  'sea 
  mink.' 
  The 
  mink 
  which 
  are 
  now- 
  

   taken 
  on 
  our 
  seacoast 
  along 
  Penobscot 
  Bay 
  are 
  quite 
  large 
  and 
  the 
  

   fur 
  is 
  coarse, 
  but 
  we 
  get 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  sea 
  mink 
  Uke 
  those 
  taken 
  

   40 
  or 
  more 
  years 
  ago." 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  mo-re 
  than 
  probable, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  flourished 
  

   on 
  the 
  Maine 
  islands 
  until 
  comparatively 
  late 
  years, 
  and 
  was 
  exter- 
  

   minated, 
  in 
  its 
  limited 
  distribution, 
  by 
  the 
  modern 
  fur 
  trade. 
  * 
  

  

  Measurements 
  of 
  selected 
  adult 
  male 
  sJcuUs 
  of 
  the 
  subspecies 
  of 
  Mustela 
  vison. 
  

  

  Locality. 
  

  

  Con- 
  

   dylo- 
  

   basal 
  

   length. 
  

  

  Zygo- 
  

   matic 
  

   breadth. 
  

  

  Least 
  

   post- 
  

   orbital 
  

   con- 
  

   stric- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Mastoid 
  

   bread 
  til. 
  

  

  Length 
  

  

  of 
  

   upper 
  

   molar- 
  

  

  pre- 
  

   molar 
  

  

  row. 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  M. 
  v.lutreocephala. 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  M. 
  V. 
  lutensis. 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  M. 
  V. 
  vulgivaga. 
  

  

  — 
  do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ..-.do 
  

  

  M. 
  V. 
  letifera 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ^f. 
  V. 
  lacustris 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ...do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  --..do 
  

  

  M. 
  V. 
  encrgumenos 
  . 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ...do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  M. 
  V. 
  nesolestes 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  M. 
  V. 
  melampeplus. 
  

   do 
  

  

  Lake 
  St. 
  Johns, 
  Quebec 
  

  

  Adirondacli 
  Mountains, 
  

   New 
  Yorlc. 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ...do 
  

  

  Laurel, 
  Maryland 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  -...do 
  

  

  Little 
  Patuxent 
  River, 
  Mary- 
  

   land. 
  

  

  Maryland 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Highland 
  Falls, 
  New 
  York. 
  . 
  

  

  Georgia 
  

  

  Frogmore, 
  South 
  Carolina. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Charleston, 
  South 
  Carolina.. 
  

  

  Mount 
  Pleasant, 
  South 
  

   Carolina. 
  

  

  Calcasieu 
  Parish, 
  Louisiana. 
  

  

  ..-.do 
  

  

  -...do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Iowa, 
  Louisiana 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Elk 
  River, 
  Minnesota 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Fort 
  Snelling, 
  Minnesota 
  — 
  

  

  Oxford 
  House, 
  Keewatin 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Cross 
  Lake, 
  Keewatin 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Nelson 
  River, 
  Keewatin 
  

  

  Chilliwack, 
  British 
  Colum- 
  

  

  Chehalis 
  County, 
  Washing- 
  

   ton. 
  

  

  Teton 
  Basin, 
  Idaho 
  

  

  Idaho 
  

  

  Woods, 
  Wyoming 
  

  

  Admiralty 
  Island, 
  Alaska. 
  . 
  

  

  Sitka, 
  Alaska 
  

  

  do. 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  M. 
  V. 
  ingens. 
  

  

  — 
  do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  Kenai 
  Peninsula, 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  Fort 
  Yukon, 
  Alaska 
  

  

  Mission, 
  Alaska 
  

  

  Andraefski, 
  Alaska 
  

  

  ---.do 
  

  

  05.0 
  

   66.5 
  

  

  66.0 
  

   64.0 
  

   65.4 
  

   68.5 
  

   67.0 
  

   67.7 
  

  

  67.4 
  

   7L0 
  

   68.4 
  

   70.1 
  

  

  7L0 
  

   71.5 
  

   73.1 
  

  

  70.2 
  

   66.5 
  

  

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  2 
  

   62.6 
  

   61.0 
  

   71.5 
  

   69.6 
  

   67.6 
  

   66.8 
  

   71.0 
  

   69.6 
  

   71.2 
  

   69.7 
  

   70.9 
  

   7.3.0 
  

   71.0 
  

   7.3.0 
  

   72.6 
  

   60.7 
  

  

  67.0 
  

  

  66.0 
  

   66.1 
  

   64.0 
  

   70.1 
  

   68. 
  5 
  

   70.5 
  

   65.5 
  

   68.5 
  

   66.1 
  

   68.2 
  

   66.0 
  

   76.2 
  

   77.0 
  

   73.5 
  

   74.0 
  

   73.0 
  

  

  36.5 
  

   36.5 
  

  

  37.7 
  

   36.0 
  

   37.2 
  

   38.8 
  

   41.0 
  

   42.1 
  

   39.9 
  

  

  40.6 
  

   45.0 
  

   38.5 
  

   39.4 
  

   41.0 
  

   37.6 
  

   39.9 
  

   41.0 
  

  

  41.1 
  

   35.8 
  

   40.0 
  

   36.5 
  

   36.5 
  

   36.1 
  

   40.8 
  

   40.9 
  

   38.6 
  

   36.2 
  

   42.6 
  

   41.7 
  

   42.0 
  

   41.6 
  

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   45.6 
  

   41.2 
  

   43.6 
  

   41.6 
  

   40.5 
  

  

  39.0 
  

  

  39.0 
  

   38.0 
  

   36.4 
  

   41.5 
  

  

  37.7 
  

   39.0 
  

   37.4 
  

   39.0 
  

   37.1 
  

   47.4 
  

   44.0 
  

   44.0 
  

   44.0 
  

   42.6 
  

  

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   15.1 
  

   12.5 
  

  

  13.0 
  

   12.6 
  

   12.5 
  

   15.7 
  

   15.6 
  

   15.2 
  

   14.4 
  

  

  15.0 
  

   13.7 
  

   13.0 
  

   11.2 
  

   12.8 
  

   11.1 
  

   13.8 
  

   12.0 
  

  

  15.0 
  

   14.2 
  

   13.9 
  

   15.0 
  

   13.0 
  

   14.1 
  

   13.6 
  

   13.0 
  

   12.6 
  

   12.0 
  

   12.8 
  

   11.5 
  

   10.2 
  

   13.2 
  

   13.0 
  

   13.0 
  

   11.6 
  

   11.9 
  

   10.9 
  

   13.4 
  

  

  13.6 
  

  

  11.6 
  

   14.0 
  

   13.2 
  

   12.2 
  

   14.1 
  

   13.4 
  

   11.4 
  

   12.0 
  

   10.4 
  

   12.1 
  

   11.1 
  

   12.0 
  

   13.2 
  

   13.6 
  

   12.0 
  

   13.5 
  

  

  31.6 
  

   32.5 
  

  

  31.6 
  

   33.0 
  

   32.6 
  

   33.1 
  

   34.5 
  

   36.0 
  

   35.0 
  

  

  33.5 
  

   37.1 
  

   33.4 
  

   34.0 
  

   33.6 
  

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   36.2 
  

   33.3 
  

  

  34.'4 
  

   30.7 
  

   32.6 
  

   32.1 
  

   31.4 
  

   31.0 
  

   36.3 
  

   35.4 
  

   33.0 
  

   32.3 
  

   37.0 
  

   36.0 
  

   37.0 
  

   37.0 
  

   37.8 
  

   38.0 
  

   37.0 
  

   38.0 
  

   35.5 
  

   33.5 
  

  

  35.4 
  

  

  34.6 
  

   33.6 
  

   31.6 
  

   37.1 
  

   33.6 
  

   33.2 
  

   35.0 
  

   35.0 
  

   35.2 
  

   36.8 
  

   30.9 
  

   41.6 
  

   38. 
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   40.4 
  

   38.5 
  

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  16.2 
  

   17.4 
  

  

  17.0 
  

   17.0 
  

   16.7 
  

   18.8 
  

   17.5 
  

   IS. 
  2 
  

   18.0 
  

  

  1S.5 
  

   17.5 
  

   17.4 
  

   19.1 
  

   18,2 
  

   19.0 
  

   10.1 
  

   18.7 
  

  

  18.0 
  

   17.6 
  

   17.8 
  

   13.2 
  

   10.3 
  

   17.0 
  

   19.5 
  

   17.9 
  

   17.6 
  

   17.2 
  

   17.2 
  

   18.0 
  

   18.0 
  

   18.5 
  

   1G.5 
  

   18.9 
  

   18.0 
  

   18.6 
  

   18.6 
  

   17.4 
  

  

  17.0 
  

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   19.2 
  

   18.5 
  

   18. 
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   17.5 
  

   17.9 
  

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  18.5 
  

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