450 The Polecat of Tibet. [May, 



Dimensions of the Animal. 



Snout to vent, 1 2 



Head, less, 3 



Tail and hair, 7 



Tailonly, 6 



Palma, with nails, 1 



Planta, with nails,. 2 



Dimensions of the scull. 



3 



Length, 2 § 



Height, 1 f 



Width between zyg. arches, 1 f 



Width between bases of parietes, I f 



Length of upper jaw, symp., intermax to hind 



edge of last molar, 1 



Length of lower jaw to last molar, 1 ^ 



p. s. — The following enumeration of the Mustelidas of Tibet and 

 the Himalaya may be serviceable : — 



1. Martes Toufous. 



2. Martes Flaviguk. 



3. Mustek Erminia. 



4. Mustek Caniguk. Hodgsonii of Gray. 



5. Mustek subhemachakna. Humeralis of Blyth. 



6. Mustek Cathia vel auriventer. 



7. Puttorius larvatus. 



1, 3 and 7 are confined to Tibet. The rest are Cisnivean, but 

 belong in general, exclusively to the northern region of these moun- 

 tains; 5 and 6 however are also found in the central region, and' 2 is 

 almost confined to that region. None are found in the southern region. 



