260 NOKTH AMERICAN MUSTELID^. 



to poultry, eggs, &c.j as its northern relative. We have not 

 ascertained anything about its season of breeding, or the time 

 the female goes with young j we have no doubt, however, that 

 in these characteristics it resembles the other and closely-allied 

 species. 



" The long and beautiful tail of the Skunk makes it conspic- 

 uous among the thickets or in the musquit [mezquite] bushes of 

 Texas, and it most frequently keeps this part elevated, so that 

 in the high grass or weeds it is first seen by the hunter who 

 may be looking for the animal in such places.'- 



