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Kane's Ermine, P. Kaneii, Baird, of Behring's Straits 

 and Siberia, is eight and a half inches long to the tail, 

 which is about four inches ; the color in summer, brown 

 above, in winter white ; the tail tipped with black one 

 half its length. 



The Bridled Weasel, P. frcnatus, Aud. & Bach., of 

 Texas and Mexico, is eleven inches long to the tail, 

 which is about seven inches ; the general color above 

 chestnut-brown, yellowish beneath, and the tail tipped 

 with black. The head above is dark brown, with three 

 white marks. 



The Yellow-cheeked Weasel, P. xanthogenys, Gray, of 

 California, is closely related to the last. 



The Common Mink, P. vison, Fig. 4 i. 



Rich., of the United States, is 

 about seventeen inches long to 

 the tail, which is about half the 

 length of the body ; the general 

 color dark brownish -chestnut, 

 tail nearly black, and the end 

 of the chin white. 



The Little Black Mink, P. Mink - p - viso > Rich - 



nigrescens, Aud. & Bach., of the United States, is smaller 

 than the last, the color chestnut-brown glossed with 

 black ; the tail almost entirely black, and the end of the 

 chin white. This species furnishes the most valuable of 

 the mink furs. The furs sold under the name of Ameri- 

 can Sable, are mink. 



The European Ermine, P, erminca, Linn., celebrated 

 for its valuable and well-known fur, is about ten inches 

 long to the tail, which is about five inches ; the color 

 olivaceous-brown in summer, white in winter, and the 

 tail has a long black tip. 



The Ferret, P. furor, Linn., of Spain and Barbary, is 

 celebrated from its being employed to ferret out rabbits 



