MARTES 373 



9. Kenmare, Kerry, Ire- E. Dodson (o). 94. 3. 27. 1. 



land. 



1. Kerry. J. H. Gurney (p). 72. 1. 10. 1. 



1. Scotland. (McLeay.) Hargitt Collection. 86. 9. 9. 1. 

 st. Keswick, Cumberland, W. E. Wilson (c). 96. 11. 6. 1. 



England. 

 4. Cockermouth, Cum- W. R. Wilson (c). 97. 1. 15. 1. 



befland. 

 <$. Pontrilas, Hereford- Mrs. St. John A. 85. 6. 10. 1. 



shire. Matthews (p). 



4. Ludford Park, Here- H. J. Bailey (c & p). 0. 2. 23. 1. 



fordshire. 



2. Wales (1828). Earl Cawdor (p). 61. c. d. 



2 4, 1 9, Egersund, Stavanger, K. H. Schaanning 11. 6. 3. 19-21. 

 skulls. Norway. (o). 



2 skulls. Southern Germany. Dr. A. Gunther (c). 188i, 1299f. 



i. Bohemia. Lord O. Russell 50. 12. 23. 1. 



(c&p). 



Martes maetes latinorum Barrett-Hamilton. 



1904. Mustela martes latinorum Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 7th ser., xm, p. 389, May, 1904 (Nurri Mountains, Sardinia). 

 1910. Mustela martes latinorum Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 72. 



Type locality. — Nurri Mountains, Sardinia. 



Geographical distribution. — Mediterranean region (Italy, Sar- 

 dinia, Balearic Islands). 



Diagnosis. — Throat patch buff-yellow ; general colour lighter 

 than in true martes. 



Colour. — Upper parts a rather light brown, the longer hairs 

 between the raw-umber and mars-brown of Bidgway, the 

 general effect darker in certain lights, especially on posterior 

 half of body ; underfur a pale bluish grey, essentially as in true 

 martes, the tips of the hairs ranging from pale wood-brown to 

 clear buff; face isabella-colour streaked with whitish hairs, the 

 muzzle and lips between mars-brown and prout-brown ; ear 

 edged with buffy drab ; tail like back at base, darker at tip ; 

 feet and legs washed with dark brown ; throat-patch varying 

 considerably, but as a rule approaching buff-yellow. 



Measurements. — Adult male from Porlezza, Como, Italy : 

 head and body, 470; tail, 235; hind foot, 94" 6; ear from 

 meatus, 42. Adult female from San Cristobal, Minorca, Balearic 

 Islands ; head and body, 430 ; tail, 230 ; hind foot, 87 ; ear 

 from meatus, 45. For cranial and dental measurements see 

 Tables, pp. 376, 378. 



Specimens examined. — Nineteen, from the following localities : — 

 Italy : Porlezza, Como, 11 (Ghidini) ; near Rome, 4 ; Milan, 1. 

 Sardinia : Nurri Mountains, 1 (type). 

 Spain : Mancor, Majorca, Balearic Islands, 1 ; San Cristobal, Minorca, 1. 



Remarks. — The status of this form is very unsatisfactory. So 

 far as can be judged from the few specimens examined there is 



