348 On the Martens of the Mustela flavigula Group. 
ears are clear and distinct, as in the southern forms. The 
shoulders and anterior part of the body are of a clear golden 
fulvous, shading gradually to a dark brown on the hind- 
quarters. The feet and tail are dark brown, the underparts, 
except for a patch on the vent, pale brown, rather lighter than 
in M. f. Henrici?. Chin, fore chest, and patch on the vent 
white; the throat deep yellow. 
The skull does not differ in any material respect from that 
of the other forms. 
Dimensions (in the flesh, after Swinhoe) :—Head and body 
500 millim.; tail 350; hind foot 87; ear 31. 
Skull: greatest length 91; basal length 76; zygomatic 
breadth 50; length of palate 40; least breadth at interorbital 
constriction 24; least breadth of palate between carnassials 14. 
Hab. Formosa. 
Type B.M. 70. 2.10.97. Presented by Mr. Swinhoe. 
Mustela flavigula kuatunensis, subsp. n. 
The hairs are long and soft and the soles of the feet hairy, 
as in M, flavigula typica. Head, sides of the face, nape, feet, 
and tail very dark brown; remainder of the upper parts 
yellowish brown (clay, Ridg.), shading gradually to dark 
brown on the hind-quarters. The hairs towards the edge of 
the dark colour on the nape have fulvous tips, and the back- 
ward lines from the ears are only noticeable by the absence 
of these tips. ‘The whole of the underparts from the fore 
chest backwards are of a uniform pale brown (drab, Ridg.). 
Chin snow-white; throat and fore chest bright orange-yellow 
(orange-ochraceous, Ridg.). 
Skull as in the preceding forms. 
Dimensions (from skin):—Head and body 350 millim. ; 
tail 350. 
Skull: greatest length 94; basal length 85; zygomatic 
breadth 52; length of palate 41; least breadth at postorbital 
constriction 22; least breadth between carnassials 13. 
Hab. Kuatun, N.W. Fokien, China. 
Type B.M. 98.11.1.7. 6th May, 1898. Presented by 
Mr. J. de La Touche. 
This form resembles the typical race in the general colour 
of the upper parts, the long hair, and hairy soles, while in 
size and the brown underparts it shows affinities through the 
Formosan race to the Southern forms. 
