the Oeconomy of the Ichneumon Manifejlalor Linn. 29 



which are feathered {fig. 5), were fo ftrongly afled upon by the 

 wind as to endanger its being overfet feveral times. To remedy 

 this inconvenience, it, with a wonderful dexterity, brought them 

 down between its legs, and proje6ted them forwards under its body 

 towaid the head, by which means it retained its fituation 

 fecurely. It is now feven years fince I began my obfervations 

 on this little animal, in which time I have never been able to dif- 

 cover an Ichneumon that I could fufpedl to be the male, and am 

 therefore led to make thefe remarks public, in hopes fome gentle- 

 man may have been more fuccefsful, and by whofe means its hiftory 

 may be completed. 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. 4. 



Fig. I — 4, Reprefents the Ichneumon manifejiator in the feveral 

 pofitions defcribed in the preceding paper. 

 5. The tube and its fheaths highly magnified. 



VHI. Bejcrip- 



