GALERA. MUSTELA. 419 



Allamand's Grison. 



Type locality. Unknown. Collection of the Zoological Society of 

 London. 



Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 



1017. Qalera canaster (Nelson). 



Galictis canaster Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, p. 129, 

 Grison canaster Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 526, figs. 100, Lxxiv. Zool. Ser. 

 Grizzled, or Nelson's Grison. 



Type locality. Tunkas, State of Yucatan, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. From Orizaba, State of Puebla, to Yucatan, Mexico. 



Genus 129. 3Iiistt'la. >I;irteiis, or Sabli's. Fishers. 



Mustela Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 45; i, 1766, p. 66. Type Afw5- 

 tela niartes Linnaeus. 



1018. Mustela americana Turton. 



Mustela martcs Forst., Philos. Trans., 1772, p. 372. (nee Linn.) 



Mustela zibellina Pallas, Spicil. Zool., xiv, 1780?, p. 57. Id. Zoog. 

 Rosso-Asiat., i, 1831, p. S4. (nee Linn.) 



Mustela americanus Turton, Linn. Syst. Nat., i, 1806, p. 60. 



Mustela vulpina Rafin., Am. Journ. Scien., i, 1819, p. 82. 



Mustela leucopus Kuhl, Beitr., 1820. p. 74. 



Mustela huro F. Cuv., Diet. Scien. Nat., xxix, 1823, p. 256. 



Mustela americana Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 334, fig. 66. Zool. Ser. 

 A.MERicAx Marten. Hudson Bay Sable. 



Type locality. Eastern North America. 



Geogr. Distr. Boreal North America, west to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, south to New York. 



(I. Jfrisfela aineTicdna ahicticold Preble. 



Mustela americana ahieticola Preble, N. Am. Faun., No. 22, 1902, 

 p. 68. 

 Saskatchewan Marten. 



Type locality. Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, Canada. 



Genl. Char. Larger than M. americana; dentition heavier, except 

 last molar. 



Color. General color dark yellowish brow^n, darkest on dorsal 

 region; legs dark brown; tail dark brown, tip usually black; spot on 

 chest ochraceous; face and cheeks grayish brown, ears edged with 

 whitish. 



