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Family Musteuinz. The Weasel Family. 
#25. Mustela Canadensis, Linn., the pos ? 
*26. M. Martes, Linn., Pine Marten. 
*27. M. pusilla, Delon: Little Weasel, er 
#28. M. fusca, Bachman, Brown Weasel, Northford. 
*29. Putorius Noveboracensis, Dekay, New York, Ermine, 
Stratford. 
30. P. Vison, Emmons, the Mink, common, O. L. 
31. Mephitis Americana, Desmarest, the Skunk, O.L. 
32. Lutra Canadensis, Richardson, Otter, Housatonic. 
Family Puocwsz. Seal Family. 
#33. Phoca concolor, Dekay, Common Seal, Housatonic. 
*25. Dr. Godman supposes the Fisher to be nothing more than “an over-stuffed 
specimen of the common mink.” But Dr. Emmons says—* the animal is found 
in the vicinity of Williamstown, Mass.” 
*26. Dr. Emmons adds to the above note, that the pine marten is found in the 
ethene bereits Bef Berkshire in that state ; hence it is probable, the distance 
being small, they may both occasionally stray into Connec ticut. 
of M. sie a, is given to our little weasel by Dr. Dekay, because 
he has asvomaiged it to be a distinct species from M. vulgaris of Europe. Tail 4 
the length of the whole animal, 12 to 13 inches. 
- *28. M. fusca of Bachman, I have often seen and taken in Northford, and agree 
fully with Dr. Dekay, that it is a distinct animal from the preceding aporiem, 
though they are nearly allied. Both species are common in Connecticut. Tail: 4 
the length of the whole, usually about 12 inches total. 
*29, I have a specimen of the New York ermine, or black weasel, i 
books on this subject, but this is the true history of facts as they are now known. 
1 was well informed at the time, by a very respectable family in New Ca- 
naan, being myself then a resident in the place, that no Jess than seventy white 
wea: re counted by them in one gang, crossing the road in a westerly or 
er direction in the autamn of that year; and to my own mind it was 
ory evidence that these animals, in some seasons at least, migrate south- 
*33, No winter passes in which the common seal is not seen near the mouth of 
the Housatonic; and a few years since one was killed by a Mr. Curtis of Strat- 
ford, eight miles up the river. One w hich I saw taken ative at Guilford, when 
irritated disengaged a sort of thin mucus from the nostrils, i in the same manner as 
en alarmed—rousing himself and making at the same time a 
grunting noise, like a kind of bark. hil Dr. Dekay justly remarks, that “our 
common seal is uniformly dark slaty gray, unspotted, and therefore entirely a dis- 
