104 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELID&. [Jan. 24, 
A. Digitigrade. Soles of the hind feet hairy, with four bald pads 
in front. Body elongate. Anal glands developed. Tail slender. 
Tubercular grinder short, transverse. 
1. Marres. 
Teeth 38; false grinders 3/4. Head elongate; feet very hairy ; 
space between the pads covered ; the hair of the feet is elongate, and 
more or less completely covers the bald pads at the base of the toes, 
and hides the toes and claws, especially during the cold weather. 
Martes, Cuvier; Gray, L. M. B. M. xx. 63; Nilsson, Fauna 
Scand. 166. 
a. Skull elongate, narrow, with the nose rather produced. 
* Tail moderate, not so long as the body and head, bushy. Martes. 
t The hinder upper tubercular grinder large, massive, nearly twice 
as long on the inner as on the outer side. 
1. Martres Apietum. Pine-Marten. B.M. 
Brown; throat yellow or yellow-spotted. 
Mustela martes, Linn. 8S. N. 167 ; Keyserl. & Blas. W. E. i. 67; 
Pallas, Zoogr. i. 85; Bonap. Faun. Ital. t.; Brandt, Zobel, t. 3; 
Middendorf, N. u. O. Sib. Saiugeth. 69, t. 2. f. 1, 6; Schrenck, 
Amurland, 36. 
Martes abietum, Ray; Gray, Cat. M. B. M. 63; Bell, B. Quad. 
174; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 90. 
Var. vulgaris. Dark brown; throat yellow. 
Martes vulgaris, Gray. 
Pine-Marten, Penn. B. Z.1. 97; Mustela zibellina. 
Var. martes, Brandt, Zobel. 
Martes sylvestris, Gesner, Quad. 867, f.866; Nilsson, Skand. 
Fauna, 171. 
Martes sylvatica, Nilss, Sk. Faun. i. 41. 
Length 18 inches; tail 10. 
Hab. Europe, England and France, B. M.; Russia, B. M. 
Var. altaica. Paler; nose and feet brown, tail dark, throat and 
chest yellow. Intermediate between M. abietum and M. zibellina; 
but the feet are not so hairy. B.M. 
Martes aitaica, Pallas, Zool. Ross.-Asiat. 
Hab. Altai Mountains. Skull and teeth like Martes abietum 
vulgaris. 
2, MARTES JAPONICA. B.M. 
Brown; shoulder and outside of thigh blacker ; feet black ; head, 
chin, and upper part of throat dark red-brown; throat and sides of 
the neck. yellow, crown paler; the last upper tubercular grinder 
longer on the inner side. 
Hab, Japan. From Mus. Leyden? : 
