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CARNIVORA 



dinavia to northern Spain and the Mediterranean coast, 

 westward to Great Britain ; eastern limit of range not known. 



Diagnosis. — Underfur buffy grey or pale buff, rarely if ever 

 decidedly yellow. 



Measurements. — Two adult males from Aberystwyth, Cardigan- 

 shire : head and body, 403 and 415; tail, 163 and 190; hind 

 foot, 61 and 62; ear from meatus, 27 and 30. Adult female 

 from the same locality : head and body, 360; tail, 140; hind 

 foot, 53 ; ear from meatus, 23. Two adult males from Ingelheim, 

 Rheinhessen, Germany : head and body, 400 and 440 ; tail, 1 60 

 and 170 ; hind foot, 63 - 6 and 65; ear from meatus, 30 and 31. 

 Adult female from the same locality : head and body, 348 ; 

 tail, 132; hind foot, 51*4; ear from meatus, 26. Adult male 

 from Teufen, Appenzell, Switzerland (type of manium Barrett- 

 Hamilton) : head and body, 408; tail, 145; hind foot, 61; ear 

 from meatus, 25. Adult male from Merse, Siena, Italy : head 

 and body, 420; tail, 150; hind foot, 63. For cranial measure- 

 ments see Table, p. 426. 



Specimens examined. — Sixty-seven, from the following localities : — 



Scotland : Glencassley, Sutherlandshire, 1 ; no exact locality, 8. 



England: No exact locality, 2 ; Oundle, Northamptonshire, 1 ; Bullnose 

 Coppice, Northamptonshire, 1 ; Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, 1 ; Swafiam Pen, 

 Cambridgeshire, 1 ; Cardiganshire, 6 ; Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, 6. 



Sweden : No exact locality, 1 (skull ; U.S.N.M.) ; Skane, 1 (Stockholm). 



France: Scientrier, Haute-Savoie, 2 (Mottaz). 



Germany: Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, 6; Ummerstadt, Thiiringen, 9; 

 Magdeburg, Saxony, 2 ; Marxheim, Bavaria, 1 ; Niesky, Silesia, 1. 



Switzerland : Teufen, Appenzell, 1 (type of manium Barrett-Hamilton) ; 

 St. Gallen, 2; Urnasch, St. Gallen, 1 (U.S.N.M.); Bedano, Ticino, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.). 



Italy : Near Florence, 3 (B.M. and Mottaz) ; Merse, Siena, 1 ; Horde, 1 : 

 Viterbo, Rome, 5. 



Spain : Near Burgos, 1 ; Palacios de la Sierra, Burgos, 1. 



Remarks. — The Swiss form, to which the name manium has 

 been given, appears to be identical with true Mustela putorius* 



i. Glencassley, Suther- Mrs. Flower (p). 92. 10. 21. 2. 

 landshire, Scotland. 



<$, 9, 6 juv. Scotland. Purchased (Rowland Not registered, 



st. Ward). 



1. Oundle, Northampton- Lord Lilford (p). 94.6.11.4. 



shire, England. 



?. Swafiam Fen, Cam- R. Metcalfe (p). 11. 1. 3. 397. 



bridgeshire. 



<5 st. Aberystwyth, Cardi- Hon. N. C. Roths- 0. 10. 12. 1. 



ganshire, Wales. child (p). 



6, 2 9 st. Aberystwyth. Hon. N. C. Roths- 1.5.22.5-7. 



child (p). 



* The names Putorius typus F. Cuvier and P. communis G. Cuvier 

 mentioned by Trouessart as synonyms of M. putorius I have been unable 

 to verify. 



