1068 ON PINE AND BEECH MARTENS. 
Subjoined are the principal measurements of examples of the 
Pine and Beech Martens, elucidating the points above described. 
M.martes., M. foina. | 
| | 
Length of head and body .................0:2e0+.+-....], 380 mm.| 3880 mm. | 
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| Wadthvotearitullyispreadinccss.ue-e sede scene exe eeeeene Se on na aes tt 
Length of median lobe of plantar pad of fore foot... 
|: Wadthiofidithow::. :\ivees cnet acs sccss eee ere ae 
Width of pad excl. pollical lobe .....................44- 1 
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Width of ditto RGaeenicegie tals st toe eehid oe eee ae 
engthrotilarcercarpalpadiss:..crsn.ssssnaseese eee 
| Width of ditto eairewese 
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The dimensions in millimetres of four specimens published by 
Miller may be compared with those set forth above :— 
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M. martes. M. foina. 
Como. | Minorea. Switzerland. ces, 
| Length of head and body ...... 470 430 453 403 
| Sue Stallion: Aspe eee well O35 230 260 | 255 
Ba mbindtoober. secu loas6 87 85 eee 
“p CA Ae rae CEE Ss 42 45 34 | 39 
Making the necessary allowances for errors in small respects 
and for variations due to the “personal equation” of the col- 
lectors, this table bears out on the whole the contention that the 
ears are longer in J/. martes than in I. foina. The Swiss speci- 
men of the latter, an adult male from St. Gallen, has remarkably 
short ears, whereas the Cretan example, regarded by Miller as 
representing a distinct species (JZ. bunites), has these organs a 
little longer than the specimen of J/. foina measured by myself, 
although, judging by the length of the hind foot, it was a smaller 
animal *, Miller described it as a “young adult male.” It 
must be remembered in this connection that the ears in young 
mammals are always relatively longer than in the adults and 
probably do not increase appreciably in length after the subadult 
stage is reached. Clearly, however, the average length of the ear 
in the three examples of J/. foina is much less than the average 
length of the ear in the three examples of MW. martes, the 
dimensions being approximately 37 and 43 respectively.” 
* The shortness of the tail and of the head and body in my examples is probably 
attributable to the shrinkage of specimens preserved in alcohol, which could not be 
properly straightened. 
