250 



BRANCH VKRTEBRATA. 



FIG. 434. 



a sagacity rarely permitting it to be ensnared, it skill- 

 fully tears the trap to 

 pieces, and carries off the 

 bait. 



The Mink is brown, 

 with a white spot under 

 the chin. It is semi-digiti- 

 grade and semi-palmate 



Puto'rius lutre'blus. Mink, d'.j.) 



(weboed), being thus fitted 

 for hunting in the streams for fish, frogs, etc. 



FIG. 435. 



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. 



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Puto'rius erniin'eus. Weasel in summer, (i.) 



The Weasel, at the north, during summer, is reddish- 

 brown above and white beneath. It changes from brown 



FIG. 436. 



Puto'rius ermm'Zus. Weasel hi winter. (!.) 



