238 SOME CHINESE VERTEBRATES. 
The dimensions of the skulls of Nos. 7834 and 7835 are respectively :— great- 
est length, 62.8, 49.8; basal length, 57.5, 46; palatal length, 28, 22.6; interorbital 
constriction, 14.5, 11.8; zygomatic breadth, 33.5, 25.5; mastoid breadth, 30.8, 
22.3; length of mandible from condyle to tip of incisor, 36.5, 28; upper tooth 
row from back of molar to front of canine, 19, 15.4; lower tooth row from back 
of molar to front of canine, 22.6, 18. 
LUTREOLA SIBIRICA (Pallas). 
Three males and a female of this mink were taken at Ichang, Hupeh. They 
appear to agree in size with measurements given for more northern examples 
and the adult male skull seems identical with that from Chefoo, figured of natural 
except that the pterygoids may 
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size by Milne Edwards in his ‘Recherches,’ 
be longer than there shown. The dimensions of these specimens, as noted by 
the collector are:— 
No. Sex. Length. Tail. Hind Foot. 
7104 rofl 565 200 70 
7105 rot 585 195 65 
7107 of 600 200 70 
7106 2 495 172 50 
The cranial measurements of @ 7105 and ¢ 7106 are respectively :— great- 
est length, 65.5, 55; basal length, 60, 51; palatal length, 29, 23.2; length of 
audital bulla, 19.7, 17.5; zygomatic breadth, 34.4, 26.8; mastoid breadth, 30.5, 
24- mandible from condyle to tip of incisor, 39, 30.6; upper tooth row from 
back of molar to front of canine, 19.5, 16; lower tooth row from back of molar 
to front of canine, 22.8, 18. 
In the female, No. 7106, the lower first incisor on the left side is so reduced 
as to be hardly more than half the width of its fellow on the opposite side. 
Swinhoe (1870, p. 624) records this species from Tientsin, Amoy, south 
China, and Formosa and states that it lives in the walls of houses, in most of 
the Chinese towns, feeding on rats and snakes. 
Matschie (1908, p. 150) has described Lutreola stegmanni from Kiaochow 
on the Shantung Peninsula from four skins without skulls. Our specimens agree 
more or less with his description and may be referable to this form if it prove to 
be sufficiently characterized. 
MARTES FLAVIGULA BOREALIS (Radde). 
A perfectly typical skin of this race was obtained from the Chinese traders, 
probably from Hupeh or to the northwest. 
