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with yellow along the sides ; outer part of the • 

 thighs and arms, extremity of the tail penciled 

 with very long hair, about one inch of which is 

 reddish-brown ; head, neck and body, elongated ; 

 ears broader, but not so long or distinctly round- 

 ed as in the preceding species ; anterior margin 

 furnished with long hairs which nearly cover the 

 concha ; nails entirely hid, from above, by long 

 thick hair, which covers them on the upper sur- 

 face. 



Habit. Analogous to the weasel. 



Inhabit the northern and middle states. 



iSpecies. 



3. Mustela liitreocephala, Nob. Under this name 

 [ wish to make known an animal hitherto con- 

 founded with the M. lutreola, (Pallas, spicil. Zo- 

 olog. 14. pi. 31. Liitra minor, Erxleb. mem. de. 

 Stock. 1739, tab. 11.) or with the M. vison. Linn. 

 Gmel. 



It resembles most nearly the " lutreola,^' yet is 

 characteristically distinguished by its form, co- 

 lour, size and markings ; it was indeed noticed as 

 specifically different from the " lutreola'^ by War- 

 den, (descrip. des Etats unis, vol. v. p. 613) who, 

 speaking of the American Mink, says " We do 

 not think this Martin {Mink) similar to the M. 

 lutreola, (Pall.) which is a Swedish animal ; al- 

 though many naturalists have confounded the 

 two, we have reason to believe them different, 



