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Table of Comparative Measurements — continued. 





Musfela rohtista, 

 Pleistocene, 

 Ightham, nr. 



Maidstone 

 (Corner Coll.). 



Pleistocene, 



Bi'ixham, Ko. 



4S'.)22 (Brit. Mus.). 



Jfatffla c/<ltfaris 



Pleistocene, 

 Ightham, nr. 



Maidstone ( l.i'wis 

 Abbott Coll.). 



1 

 Heistocene; 1 %$£*• 

 Mus.) (Sedgwick Mus.). 



Tibia. 



1. Length 



2. Right to left diameter at proxi- 

 mal end 



67 

 125 



4-75 

 •95 



1-85 

 •35 



10-95 10-4 

 2-9 2-25 





Mxttdti rolusfa, 



Pleistocene, 



Ightham, nr. 



Maidstone (Lewis 



Abbott Coll.). 



31 n»tela putorius, 



Pleistocene, 

 Bi'ixham (Brit. 

 ■ Mus.). 



Zutrn vulgaris, 



Prehistoric, 



Burwell Pen 



Sedgwick Mus.). 



Fibula. 

 Length 



52 



4'65 



9-4 



IV. CONCLUSIONS. 



The present memoir lias afforded little scope for critical treatment and is 

 almost purely descriptive in character. No novel conclusions have been reached. 

 Of the eight species of Mustelidse described, only the marten, glutton and 

 badger appear in British Pliocene deposits, and only Mustela robusta and the 

 glutton are no longer found in Britain. No Musteline remains are recorded from 

 Scottish Pleistocene deposits, and only the marten, stoat, badger, and otter from 

 those of Ireland. 



Sincere thanks are tendered to Mr. TV. J. Lewis Abbott, Dr. F. Corner, and the 

 Rev. B. H. Mullins for kindly placing their large collections of Musteline bones from 

 Ightham and Langwith at my disposal for examination and figuring. I am further 

 indebted to Mr. H. St. George Gray, Mr. A. Newstead, Professor T. McKenny 

 Hughes, Dr. R. F. Scharff and Dr. A. Smith Woodward for the loan of specimens 

 preserved respectively in the Taunton Museum, Sedgwick Museum (Cambridge), 

 Grosvenor Museum (Chester), the National Museum of Ireland and the British 

 Museum. I further wish to thank Dr. C. W. Andrews, Mr. Oldfield Thomas and 

 Mr. H. Woods for help and information, and Mr. J. Green for the care he has 

 taken with the illustrations. 



