PLATE VIII. 



Pleestockne Musteline. 



Vertebrae. 



Polecat {Miistela jputorlus) , and Otter {Lutra vulgaris). 

 (Natural size.) 



Miistela pvtorius. 



Fig. 



1. Atlas, dorsal view 



2. Axis, left side view 



3. Fourth cervical, left side view 



4. The same bone, anterior view 



5. Sacrum, dorsal view 



6. Sixth lumbar, dorsal view 



All from the Pleistocene of the Brixham Cave, 

 and preserved in the British Museum. 



Lutra nil tj<ii' i*. 



7. Atlas, ventral view. 



8. Axis, seen from the right side. 



9. Third cervical, posterior view. 



10. Fifth cervical, anterior view. 



11. Sixth cervical, seen from the left side. 



12. Seventh cervical, anterior view. 



13. First thoracic, anterior view. 



14. Ninth thoracic, seen from the left side. 



15. Twelfth thoracic, posterior view. 



16. Thirteenth thoracic, seen from the left side. 

 1 7. Fourth lumbar, posterior view. 



18. Fourth lumbar, seen from the right side. 

 1 ( .*. Sacrum, dorsal view. 



All the Otter vertebrae figured are from the Prehistoric peat of Burwell 

 Feu, and are preserved in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge. 



Lettering as in Plate VII. 



