CATALOGUE. 103 



" The Kathiah has the true vermiform structure of the typical muste- 

 line animals ; its head, neck, and body fonning a continuous equable 

 cylinder. Its action is purely digitigrade, and even the palms and soles 

 of its extremities are clad in hair beyond the limits of the lines defining 



the digits, and the balls supporting them and the wrists." " The 



fur is short, shining, and adpressed ; that of the tail being a little 

 longer. The tail itself is just half the length of the animal, and is 



slender, round, and tapering." " A horribly offensive, yellowish 



gray fluid exudes from two openings placed at the root of the tail." 



120. MU STELA HODGSON I, Gray. 



Mustela Hodgsoni, Gray, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. XI. 



1843, p. 118. Catal. Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 66. 

 HAB. Himalaya, Gray. Afghanistan, Griffith. 

 A. Griffith's Collection from Afghanistan. 



" Fur yellowish brown, rather paler beneath ; upper part and side of 

 the head much darker; face, lips, chin, and throat varied with white; 

 tail elongate ; rather more than half as long as the body and head, and 

 bushy towards the extremity." (Gray, Annals and Magazine of Nat. 

 Hist. Vol. XI. p. 118.) 



121. MUSTELA HORSFIELDII, Gray. 



Mustela Horsfieldii, Gray, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. XI. 

 1843,;?. 118. Catal. Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 67. 



HAB. Bootan, Major Pemberton. 



A. Pemberton's Collection from Bootan. 



" Uniform dark blackish brown, very little paler beneath ; middle of 

 the front of the chin, and the lower lips white ; whiskers black ; tail 

 slender, blackish at the tip, half as long as the body and head." (Gray, 

 Annals and Magazine of Nat. Hist. Vol. XI. p. 118.) 



122. MUSTELA (PUTOEIUS) SUBHEMACHA- 

 LANA, Hodgs. Jour. As. Soc. Beng. VI. 2, p. 563. 



Mustela subhemachalana, Hodgs. Classif. Cat. of Nepal. 

 Mamm., Journ. As. Soc. Beng. X. 2, p. 909 ; XI. 

 p. 280. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. IV. p. 287. Gray, 

 Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 67. Cat. Hodgs. Coll. p. 13. 

 Schinz, Syn. Mamm. p. 342. 



HAB. Tibet and the Himalayas, Hodgson. 



A. A skin, from B. H. Hodgson's Collection. 



