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an <l covers the originally, and have faded. The white breast extends to the fore-legs, 
A skull ex ^ ° 6 Wt and toat. 
Preceding table tv one these skins afforded the measurements marked (c) in the 
ein § much broader ^ C ^ ers ^’orn the Turkestan skull more than the Cabul specimen does, 
The second As' ^ 10SS zygomatic arches, and having a more convex frontal region. 
lame is ■ a lc s P e cies referred to above is If. intermedia , of Severtzoff. 1 This 
is given to ' 1 icicneu to aoove is m. inter 
® lr>a \ the only imo 1K ' ( ' ], , l : ens sa ^ d to be intermediate in character between 11. abietum and 11. 
^ntioiis some skii ° ^aracter specified, however, is the colour of the throat. Severtzoff 
perhaps, have I * IO ' Vn t° him as “Kashgar sable,” with peculiarly fine fur, and these 
s ? ave been darke - same as the Eastern Turkestan species ; but the underfur is said 
r^°rte P , i n 1 lan ln M estern Turkestan skins of 11. abietum and M. foina, and the tail 
Ur kestan obtained ? acdn ^ ^he sable. In neither character do the specimens from Eastern 
10 Indian Musem '' ^ 1S ‘ ^toliczka and Scully, nor the supposed Bokhara (or Cabul) skins in 
A1 together r U a ^ ree wd fi Severtzoff ’s descrip tic 
^ lst mgui s p a - ler - 
^ SU( 
tn^socl as mther on convenience than facts. The present form can be either 
tions. 
-yy. ^guisbable fronTl ° n ^ conc ^ ude that the marten of Eastern Turkestan is a race just 
( ®ther such f ori ^'d°ina, and that M. intermedia and 11. toufeea are probably other races, 
fiction, depend 1 ' 1118 S ^ 0tdd I 1 ® considered specifically distinct or merely varieties is a difficult 
,, asS( xl as tartest / b la ther on convenience than facts. The present form can be either 
tia martons > like th a Su b- S pecies or race of 11. foina , or as M. foina var. Probably 
a 'A This i« a K <,;ds ’ coni prise a large number of incipient species, imperfectly differen- 
j Accordino- f 0 p er ^ Z0 ^ s v ^ ew a ho. 
miud es p ad as, M. foina is only found in the extreme west of Siberia, but Severtzoff 
lna ’ f so that the ^ es I em Turkestan, and Pore David obtained it in Northern 
sol 1 ^ <l ' lls °f M «fr' C / UlrenCe 0l> a ya, riety in Eastern Turkestan is highly probable, 
or dle hazaar of sa ^ d by T)r. Leith Adams 4 to be brought from Afghanistan, and 
• • intermedin ^ , UlA ' ar 5 but it is not improbable that pale skins of 31. leucolachncea 
in a i , ' ‘"^uia mav lm i x “ “ — v w - — 
aza ar may be l ' ' e . en fbken for those of the pine-marten, and specimens bought 
1 'Aland by nn from a great distance, so that the purchase of these skins in Ladak 
and Y d 
° u o s t the Chin »c m< !mS P rove fbat they inhabit the country. 11. abietum is not recorded 
mese ma mmals by Pi* e David. 
^ 0(1 gson, J. 
A ‘ S ' 1842, XI, p. 281. 
19. MaBTES TOTJFiEA ? 
1’ 2 skin’ 
At first I ' *^ 10U t Stills, and one without feet) purchased at Leh. 
^ ^ ^ puioucvocu ul xivri, 
the y 01 ' ’ B Ut there ^ B ° Sed 1° consider these two skins merely specimens of the last, killed in 
left b^ Cd fhe present C ° nS ^ ,era ^ e dd l®rence in fbe fur, both in colouration and texture, and 
short,!! 1 ' 1 ^ Ver 7 small U m? GC ^ e8 Bave fb° s °lcs more completely covered with hair, the pads 
r.n atld much less 0-1 16 Colour is much paler, although the underfur is darker, the fur i 
thrown,) 0 ^ eri °ral colour and ^*6 white of the throat more extended. 
( & '° ut the body tb' S l al *' er b a b‘ sepia-brown with a greyish tinge (almost earthy-brown) 
s ^ ar k Jev., pp ’ le Und ®rfur towards the ends being the same colour as the longer piles, 
< p. 87. Ann- 
0r ° Hazara, bmce tllH ' 
Non v .7^v As ,-’ '• P- 87. Ann ‘ Mag ' Nat Hist -> 1876, Ser. 4, Vol. xviii, p. 46. 
Nit 
the above was iu print, I have received a skin of M. leaculachncea from Major St. John. This 
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