106 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELID. (Jan, 24, 
e. Fur whitish or white. 
M. zibellina, var. alba and fulvo-flavescens, Brandt, Zobel, t. 2. 
fi BHGs 
Mustela zibellina, Linn. ; Pall. Spic. Zool. ; Blainv. Ostéogr. t. 7 
(skull), t. 13. f. (teeth); Schrenck, Amurland, 27; Middendorf, N. u. 
O. Sib. Siugeth. 68, t. 2. £1, 2,3, 5 (pelvis and tail). 
Mustela zibellina, var. rossica, Brandt. 
Martes zibellina, Brisson. 
Viverra zibellina, Shaw. 
Zibeline, Buffon, H. N. 
Sable, Penn.; Bennett, Garden and Menag. 
Hab. North Europe, Asia. 
Skull and the hinder upper grinders, according to M. de Blain- 
ville’s figure, are like those of M. abietum vulgaris. 
Middendorf (Siiugeth. N.u. O. Sib. t. 2) figures the pelvis and tail 
of M. zibellina and M. martes of Siberia ; he represents the former 
as much shorter, and composed of thirteen, and the latter much 
longer and larger, and consisting of seventeen vertebre. 
tt The upper hinder tubercular grinder quadrate, rather longer 
on the inner than on the outer side. 
6. MarTES AMERICANA. American Sable. 
Brown or yellow; throat yellow; ears and head grey or white ; 
upper tubercular grinder small. 
Mustela americana, Turton, Syst. Anim. i. 60, 1803; Baird, 
Mamm. N. Amer. t. 36. f. 2, t. 27. f. 7. 
Mustela martes, var., J. Sabine; Franklin’s Voyage; Richardson’s 
F. B. Amer. 
? Mustela vulpina, Rafinesque, Silliman’s Amer. Journ. Sci. i. 
(tip of tail white). 
Mustela zibellina, var. americana, Brandt, Zobel. 
Mustela leucopus, Gerrard, Cat. Bones. B. M. 91. 
Var. 1. abietinoides. Black-brown ; ears pale ; head grizzled with 
white hairs, more or less grey; throat yellow or yellow-spotted ; 
throat-spot large or broken up into small spots ; the head sometimes 
with only a few grey hairs, and the throat with only a few distinct 
small spots. B.M. 
? M. vulpina, Rafinesque. 
Hab. Rocky Mountains (Drummond § Lord). 
' Var. 2. huro. Yellow-brown; head and ears whitish; throat 
pale yellow; legs, feet, and tail blackish. B.M. 
Mustela huro, ¥. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. xxix. 356; Richardson, 
Zool. Beechey’s Voyage. 
Marten of Hudson’s Fur-list. 
Sable of American traders. 
Hab. Fort Franklin. 
Var. 3. leucopus. The head, neck, and chest more white; legs 
yellow; feet white at the tip. 
