82 Rafintsqut on a New Species of Marten. 



folium, Glechoma hederacea, he. : and the following 

 above the Falls — Trillium cernuum, Viola pubescens, V. 

 pennsylvanica, Hydrophyllum virginicum, Polemonium 

 reptans, Senecio aureus, Saxifraga pennsylvanica, Staphy- 

 lea trifoliata, Oholaria virginica, Caltha palustris, Ranun- 

 culus abortivus, &c. 



11. Seen the first bat. 



12. Near Haddonfield, Bartsia coccinea, Helonias bullata, Tri- 



folium repens, &c. 



15. Found between Cambden and Haddonfield, Trifolium pra- 

 tense, Silene virginica. Antirrhinum canadense, Lithosper- 

 mum tenellum, Raf., Festucatenella, Seleranthus annuus, 

 Oxalis bijiora, Raf., Poa rubra, Vaccinium corymbosum, 

 Viola palmata, V. parvifolia, Raf., Rubusfagellaris, &ic. 

 Also in blossom, Quercus rubra, Q. obtusiloba, Q. alba, 

 &c. 



20. Found near Burlington, Plantago virginica, Euphorbia 

 ipecacuanha, Comptonia asplenifolia, Myosotis lappula, 

 Senecio obovatus, Scirpus acicularis, Lithospermum, tri- 

 nervum, Raf., L. tenellum, Raf., &c. ; besides several 

 Carex. 



Art. XVII. Description of a New Species of North 

 American Marten, {Mustela vulpina) by C. S. Rafi- 



NESQUE. 



A. HE regions watered by the Missouri are inhabited by many 

 animals, as yet unknown to the zoologists, although many have 

 been noticed by travellers. A species of marten has lately 

 been presented to the Lyceum of Natural History in New- 

 York, which was brought from that country, and appears to 

 belong to a peculiar species, very different from the common 

 martens of Europe, Asia, and America, although it has, in com- 

 mon with it, the character of the yellow throat ; but the head, 

 feet, and tail, afford so many peculiar characters, that no doubt 

 can be entertained of its diversity. I have, therefore, given 



