[288] "Narica" is generally written, after Linnaeus. But this was, according to Mr. Alston, probably an error for nasica.

[289] Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 752.

[290] See Wortman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vi. 1894, p. 229.

[291] As a small point of likeness between this Mustelid and the Procyonidae may be mentioned the colours of the face. M. anakuma is particularly Raccoon-like.

[292] See Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. 1841, p. 201.

[293] Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 306.

[294] I found fifteen.

[295] Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xiii. 1893, p. 522.

[296] See Matschie, SB. Ges. Naturf. Berlin, 1895, p. 171.

[297] Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879, p. 305.