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OARNIVORA 



As shown by both external and cranial measurements the two 

 specimens from the Pic du Midi are unusually small. It is 

 possible that they represent a peculiar Pyrenean race. 



i. Texel Id., Holland. J. L. Bonhote (c & 8. 10. 26. 1. 



2 S. Pic du Midi, Hautes Pyre- 0. Thomas (p). 8. 9. 1. 52-53. 



nees, Prance. (A. Robert.) 



$. Manonville, Meurthe-et- Lord Lilford (p). 11.1.1.139 



Moselle. (Lomont.) 



?. Untervatz,Grisons,Switzer- 0. Thomas (p). 4. 4. 5. 33. 



land. (E. H, Zollikofer.) 



(5,?. Ems, Grisons. (E. H. Zolli- 0. Thomas (p). 2.8.4.25-26. 



kofer.) 



(J. Neustadt, Wied, Germany. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 138. 

 (Schneider.) 



5 <5, 3 9. Ingelheim, Rheinhessen. C. Hilgert (c). 8. 11. 2. 22-28. 



2. Magdeburg, Prussia. Dr. W. Wolterstorff 0. 2. 8. 6-7. 



4 S. Bleiche, Saxony. (H. Tor- Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 140- 

 nilz.) 143. 



5. Marxheim, Bavaria. Lord Lilford (p). 11.1.1.145. 



(Wolterstorff.) 



6. Strass, Burgheim. (KOr- Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 144. 



bite.) 



6. South Germany. Dr. A. Gunther(c). 59.9.6.64-69. 



1. Csall6k6z - Somorja, Press- Budapest Museum 94. 3. 1. 1. 



burg, Austria-Hungary. (e). 



Mustela eeminea stabilis Barrett-Hamilton. 



1904. Putorius ermineus stabilis Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., 7th ser., xin, p. 394, May, 1904. 



1910. Putorius (Ictis) ermineus stabilis Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, 

 p. 79. 



Type locality. — Blandford, Dorset, England. 



Geographical distribution. — Mainland of Great Britain. 



Diagnosis. — Size slightly greater than in M. erminea sestiva : 

 condylobasal length of skull in adult male, 49 to 52 • 4 mm. ; 

 mandible in adult male, 27 to 30 mm. ; teeth usually larger than 

 in the continental races, a peculiarity especially noticeable in the 

 upper carnassial ; colour averaging slightly darker above and 

 less strongly yellow below than in the continental forms (though 

 in extreme instances the underparts are between buff and straw- 

 yellow, quite as in the brightest continental specimens) ; tail 

 usually without distinct lighter area below. 



Measurements. — External measurements of type (adult 

 female) : head and body, 244 ; tail, 105 ; hind foot, 43 ; ear from 

 meatus, 22. Another adult female from the type locality : head 

 and body, 245 ; tail, 102; hind foot, 43; ear from meatus, 21. 

 Two adult males from Banstead, Surrey : head and body, 270 

 and 278 ; tail, 119 and 119 ; hind foot, 47 and 49. Two adult 

 males from Wales : head and body, 274 and 280; tail, 120 and 



