82 MTJSTEtlTlJE. 



Martes abietum, Ray; Gray, List M. B. M. p. 63; P. Z. 8. 1865, 

 p. 104 



Var. 1. vulgaris. Dark brown ; throat yellow. 



Martes vulgaris, Gray. 

 Pine-Marten, Penn. B. Z. i. p. 97. 



Var. 2. martes, Brandt, Zobel. 



Martes sylvestris, Gesner, Quad. p. 867, f. 866 ; Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 



p. 171. 

 Martes sylvatica, Nihs. 8k. Faun. i. p. 41. 



Length 18 inches, tail 10. 



Hah. Europe : England and Erance, B.M. ; Eussia, B.M. 



Var. 3. altaiea. Paler ; nose and feet brown, tail dark, throat and 



chest yellow. Intermediate between M. alietum and M. ziielUna. ; 



but the feet are not so hairy. Skull and teeth like Martes abietum 



vulgaris. B.M. 



Martes altaiea, Pallas, Zoogr. Boss.-Asiat. 



Hah. Altai Mountains. 



2. Martes japonica. B.M. 



Brown ; shoulder and outside of thigh blacker ; feet black ; head, 

 chin, and upper part of throat dark red-brown ; throat and sides 

 of the neck yellow, crown paler ; the last upper tubercular grinder 

 longer on the inner side. 



Martes japonica, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 104. 



Hab. Japan. Erom Mus. Leydei; ? 



The specimen is not in a good state ; the fur is evidently in 

 change, the tail beitig slender, with a long terminal pencil. It is 

 most distinct from the specimen of M. melanopus. In the Museum 

 collection the upper tubercular grinder is smaller than in the M. 

 abietum, and is much larger than in M. americana. 



There is an indistinct patch of paler hairs in the front of the ear, 

 on the left side, not seen on the other ; the pale brown on the chest 

 is marked with some small dark spots on the lower part. The skuU, 

 and especially the brain-case, is broader, compared vrith its length, 

 than that of Martes abietum and M. zibellina, and is intermediate in 

 form between them and M. foina. 



3. Martes brachyura. (Gezolen.) 



Eur short, fine, close, pale brown ; taU short ; ears smaU, rounded, 

 whitish ; feet very hairy. 



Length, body 16-17 inches, tail 3| inches. 



Mustela brachyura, Temm.tFauna Japan, p. 3-3 ; 8chrenek, Amurlatid, 



p. 32. 

 Martes brachyura, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1866, p. 106. 



Hab. Japan, near Zezo, and the Kurile Islands (Siehold). 

 Described from flat skins in Mus. Leyden. 



