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NAGAMICHI KURODA: 



foot I02 mm., ear 46mm. Skull: total length m mm., basilar length 

 104.5 mm., zygomatic breadth 61 mm. 



42. Mustela ermineti kanei (Baird). 



One stuffed specimen in winter pelage from the island of Para- 

 mushir, Kurile Islands, Jan. 1918 ; purchased. Length of tail without 

 hairs 58 mm., tail with apical hairs 100 mm., hind foot 33.5 mm., ear 

 15 mm., black apical hairs of tail about one-half as long as tail with 

 the apical hairs ; tail without black apical hairs about half an inch 

 longer than posteriorly outstretched hind foot. The specimen is un- 

 doubtedly M. kanei, the type of which was obtained in one of the 

 islands of the Strait of Bering Sea ; it differs distinctly from Cabrera's 

 M. nippon (Bol. Soc. Espan., Tomo XIII, pag. 391, 191 3) from 

 Prov. Shinano. It seems probable that M. kanei of the northern 

 islands is replaced in Hondo by the smaller and shorter-tailed M. 

 nippon. 



43. Mustela nivalis Linnaeus, subsp. 



One skin in winter pelage sent me by Mr. S. Uchida. It was 

 obtained near Sapporo, Dec. 20, 1899. Head and body 200 mm., tail 

 25 mm., hind foot 24 mm., ear 11 mm. long. The specimen probably 

 represents Mustela gale of Pallas. 



44. 3Iustela (Lutreola) itatsi Temminck. 



Several specimens from Prov. Musashi. One adult male in winter 

 pelage from the Island of Sado ; Feb. 24, 1917. 



45. Mustela (Lutreola) taivana Thomas. 



Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, scr. 8, 12, p. 91 (1913). 



Mr. Y. Kikuchi has recently sent me a specimen of this rare 



