•V4t Mr. J. L. Bonhote 07i the Martens 



Mustela leucotis (Temni.) •,Ham. Smith, GrifF., Cuv. An. King., Mamm. 



vol. ii. p. 297 (1827), pi. ; id. Jard. Nat. Lib. xv. (Mamm. i.) p. 188 



(1842). 

 MuKtihi Hnrfhn'ckci, Horsf. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 239, pi. xxviii. (1834) ; 



Ham. Smith, Jard. Nat. Lib. xv. (jNIamm. i.) p. 187 (1842) ; Less. 



Compl. des CEuvres de Buffon, vol. v. p. 301 (1847) ; Jeut. Cat. Ost. 



Mairini. des P.-B. p. 112 (1887); id. Cat. Mamm. Mas. des P.-B. 



p. 140 (1892). 

 Martes flavigxih (Bodd.), Hodgson. J. A. S. B. vi. p. oGO (1837); id. 



op. cit. X. p. 909 (1841); id. op. cit. xi. p. 281 (1842) ; Gray, List 



Mamm. B. IS], p. 04 (1843) ; Hodgs. Calc. Journ. N. H. iv. p. 287 



(1844); Gray, Cat. Hodgs. Coll. p. 12 (184G); Horsf. Cat. E. Ind. 



Coll. p. 98 (i8ol) ; Blvth, J. A. S. B. xxvi. p. 316 (1858) ; Adams, 



P. Z. S. 1858. p. 516;' Blvth, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 485; Jerd. Mamm. 



Ind. p. 82 (1867) ; Gray, Cat. Carn. B. M. p. 86 (1869) ; Blvth, Cat. 



Mamm. Burmah, J. A. S. B. xliv. extr. no. p. 29 (1875) ; W!! Sclater, 



Cat. Mamm. Calc. Mus. i. p. 273 (1891). 

 Galididis chn/sot/uster, Ham. Smith, Jard. Nat. Lib. xv. (Mamm. i.) 



p. 167, pi. vii."(1842). 



Subsp. typica. 



The fur is long, den.se, and soft. Head, sides of the face, 

 nape, feet, tail, and hind-quarters very dark brown. Chin 

 white ; underside of neck golden yellow, shading into very 

 pale brown on the underparts. The whole of the back light 

 clay, gradually shading into brown on the hind-quarters. 

 Ears hairy and of the same colour as the head, with a con- 

 spicuous light margin. Soles of the feet hairy. 



SkuU. — The skull of this species may be distinguished at 

 a glance from all other species of the genus [M. Gwatkinsii 

 excepted) by the narrowness of the inner lobe of the posterior 

 molar, which is of the same width throughout and is in no 

 way widened or flattened on its innermost margin. It is also 

 a large and stoutly built skull, that of M. zibellina being the 

 only one which approaches it in size ; the skull of this last- 

 named is easily distinguishable by its longer and more 

 pointed muzzle. The muzzle of M. fiavicjula is proportion- 

 ately the shortest of the genus, its greater bulk being almost 

 entirely due to an increase in the size of the brain-case. In 

 general shape it resembles that of M. foina most closely, for 

 instead of falling away in front in a direct slope from the 

 anterior end of the brain-case, as is the case in most species, 

 the slope is gradual till on a line with the supraorbital pro- 

 cesses, when it falls away more directly. 



Except in size the skulls of the various races do not diflfer 

 materially from the one which has just been described. 



* This is evidently a mistake, as Temminck ne\ er, so far as I know, 

 published the description of a marten under that name. 



