MUSTELTD.E. 



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Table of Comparative Measurements — continued. 





Aitcsfchi fobmfit, 



Pleistocene, 



Ightham, m\ 



Maidstone 



(Corner Coll.). 



Sfuttela pittcriut, 



Pleistocene, 



Brixham, No. 



18922 (Brit. Mus. . 



Miutela vulgaris 



Pleistocene, 



Ightham, nr. 



Maidstone (Lewis 



Abbott Coll. . 



Miles taxut, T , 



Pleistocene /:»''",■",""'"'' 

 n.mnnw.iv No Prehistoric, 



M t '"V Brit Burwe11 '''''" 



Mus.). (Sedgwick .Mus. . 



Tibia. 

 2. Eight to left diameter at proxi- 



67 

 1-25 



475 

 •95 



185 

 ■35 



10-95 104 

 2-9 2-25 





ilustela robutta, 



Pleistocene, 



Ightham, nr. 



Maidstone [Lewis 



Abbott Coll.). 



Muttela putoriut, 



Pleistocene, 



Brixham (Brit. 



Mus.). 



Lufra vulgarit, 



Prehistoric, 



Burwell Fen 



Sedgwick Mus.). 



Fibula. 

 Length 



52 



465 



9-4 



IV. CONCLUSIONS. 



The present memoir has afforded, little scope for critical treatment and is 

 almost purely descriptive in character. No novel conclusions have been reached. 

 Of the eight species of Mustelidas described, only the marten, glutton and 

 badger appear in British Pliocene deposits, and only Ilustela robusta and the 

 glutton are no longer found in Britain. No Musteline remains are recorded from 

 Scottish Pleistocene deposits, and only the marten, stoat, badger, and otter from 

 those of Ireland. 



Sincere thanks are tendered to Mr. W. J. Lewis Abbott, Dr. F. Corner, and the 

 Rev. E. H. Mullins for kindly placing their large collections of Musteline bones from 

 Ightham and Langwith at my disposal for examination and figuring. I am further 

 indebted to Mr. H. St. George Gray, Mr. A. Newstead, Professor T. McKenny 

 Hughes, Dr. R. F. Scharff and Dr. A. Smith Woodward for the loan of specimens 

 preserved respectively in the Taunton Museum, Sedgwick Museum (Cambridge), 

 Grosvenor Museum (Chester), the National Museum of Ireland and the British 

 Museum. I further wish to thank Dr. C. W. Andrews, Mr. Oldfield Thomas and 

 Mr. H. Woods for help and information, and Mr. J. Green for the care he has 

 taken with the illustrations. 



