274- MAMMALIA. 



Martes fiavigula, Hodgson J. A. S. B., vi, p. s6o (1837) ; Gray Cat. Hoelgs. 

 Coll., isted., p. 12 ; Horsfield Cat, E. I. Mus., p. 98 ; Blyth J. A. S.B., 

 xxvi, p. 316 ; Adams P.Z.S., 1858, p. 516 ; Blyth Cat., p 67; id. P. Z. S., 

 1864, p. 48s ; Jerdon Mamm., p. 82 ; Radde Ost Siberiettf i, p. 19 ; Gray 

 Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. ?6 ; Swinhoe P. Z. S, 1870, p. 623; Blanford 

 J. A.S.B., xlvii, p. 150 ; Blyth J. A. S. B., xliv, Burma List, p. 29. 



Galidictis chrysogaster, H. Smith yard. Nat. Libr., xiii, p. 167, pi. vii (1842). 



Martes gwatkinsii, Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 99 (1851) ; Blyth J. A. S. 

 B., xxvi, p. 316. 



The Indian Marten ; Mul sumpra, Nepal ; Tutural or Chitrala, 

 in Kumaon ; Huniah, Bhotea ; Sekku, Lepcha ; Surmar, Khasia 

 hills ; Takere Mahee in Assam. 



DistrihuHon. — The Himalayas from Kashmir (Adams), to Assam, 

 Southern India on the Nilgiris and Travancore hills ; the hills of 

 Burma, Tenasserjm and the Malay Peninsula and the islands of 

 Java ? and Sumatra, it has also been procured from Amurland 

 by Radde and from Formosa by Swinhoe, and is therefore probably 

 found throughout China. 



The Malayan race is very much paler than the common Indian 

 race ; the head being very little darker than the back ; in the 

 Indian race the head is very dark and contrasts strongly with the 

 back and throat ; the skulls present no points of difference. 



a. Skin Sikkim L. Mandelli. 



b. Skin Sikkim L. Mandelli. 



c. Skin juv. Sikkim L. Mandelli. 



d. Skin Sikkim L. Mandelli. 



e. Skin Sikkim L. Mandelli. 



f. Skin Sikkim L. Mandelli. 



g. Skin Samagooting, Assam J. Butler, 1872. 

 h. Skin Samagooting, Assam J Butler, 1872. 

 j. Skin Assam F. Day [P.]. 



k. Skin Sibsagar, Assam S. E. Peal. 



I. Skin Naga hills, Assam H. W. Chennell. 



m. Skin Kashmir J. E. T. Aitchison. 



«. Skin Salt Range, Punj. Capt. Bengaugh, 1867. 



o. Skin Mussoorie, N.-W. P. L. C. Stewart, A.S.B. 



p. Skin, skull Malacca R. W. G. Frith, A.S.B. 



g. Skin Malacca R. W. G. Frith, A.S.B. 



r. Stuffed Himalayas F. Stoliczka, 1869. 



s. Stuffed Arakan Sir A. Phayre, 1844, A.S.B. 



t. Skull $ Assam No history, A.S.B. 



«. Skull $ West Himalayas No history, A.S.B. 



■B. Skull $ A.S.B. 



OT. Skull 5 W. Rutledge, 



X. Skin g Nepal, 26-7-79 ]. Scully, 



y. Skin Nimbotar, Nepal, J. Scully. 



16-12-77. 



«-a». 2 Skins Simla E. C. Cotes, 1888. 



Mustela martes 



Mustela martes, Linnaus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 67 (1766) ; Severtioff 

 Ann. Mag. N.H. {4), xviii, p. 45 ; Sckrenck Amurland Saugeth., p. 36. 



