of the Mustela flavigula Group. 343 
The following species and races (which may be easily 
recognized) are referred to this group :— 
Hab, 
I. (a) Mustela flavigula typica. Nepal, Assam to Burma. 
borealis . .« Amurland & E. Siberia. 
) —— — peninsularis. Malay Peninsula. 
(d) —— Hlenricit. . Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 
) —— kuatunensis. Kuatun, N.W. Fokien. 
; xanthospila . Formosa. 
IT. Mustela Gwatkinsti. . . . Madras. 
Key to the Group. 
A. Soles of feet hairy. 
a‘, Head dark brown (seal-brown, Ridg. *). 
a’, Shoulders light. 
a, Smaller; back brownish (clay, 
Ridg.). 
a‘, Underparts light (ecru - drab, 
ho) ib concyeat) aca Oi eae TO Mustela flavigula typica. 
bt. Underparts darker (drab, Ridg.).. M. f. kwatunensis. 
b°®, Larger; back yellowish (gallstone- 
VW O vr Mid eye oe: wattecveiclesierdiere slats M. f. borealis. 
&?, Shoulders dark brown (seal-brown, 
REEL) Peper c states ete rabstibeuay eis ofonehes aye cists M. Gwatkinsti. 
}’, Head light brown (bistre, Ridg.) 
B. Soles of feet naked. 
a. Shoulders conspicuously lighter than rest 
Ol DECIR Rha cic isis tsleielotlG tee: oeevets ars M. f. peninsularis. 
b, Shoulders not conspicuously lighter than 
POO OLMDRCICG A vss apeiron, heeis MeArec4 <9 M. f. Henrieii. 
Sie ateciae M. f. xanthospila. 
Mustela flavigula, Bodd. 
The White-cheeked Weesel, Pennant, Quad. ii. p. 831 (1781); id. 3rd ed. 
ii. p. 52 (1792). 
Mustela flavigula, Bodd, Elench, Anim. p. 88 (ex Penn.) (1785) ; 
Schinz, Synops. Mamm. p. 319 (1825); Fischer, Synops. Mamm. 
p- 218 (1829); Bennett, Gard. & Menag. Zool. Soc. p. 225, fig. 
(1880); Shore, Zool. Journ. v. p. 271 (1835), suppl. plate xliv. ; 
S. Miller, Over de Zoog. van den Ind. Archip. p. 80 (1839-44) ; 
Schreber, Siiugeth. Suppl. 2, p. 224 (1841); Giebel, Siiugeth. p. 774 
(1859) ; Thos. P. Z. 8. 1886, p. 67; Blanf. Faun. Br. Ind., Mamm., 
p- 158 (1891); Jent. Cat. Mamm. Mus. des P.-B. p. 140 (1892); 
Flower, P. Z. 8, 1900, p. 335. 
Mustela melina, Kerr, An. King. p. 183 (1792). 
Viverra quadricolor, Shaw, Gen. Zool., Mamm, i. 2, p. 429 (1800). 
Mustela leucotis, Bechst. Uebers. vierf. Thiere, ii. p. 875 (1800). 
Marte 4 gorge dorée, Desm. Mamm., p. 185. no. 4 (1820). 
* Ridgway, ‘ Nomenclature of Colours’ (1886). These determinations 
must be taken only as approximate, 
