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THE FITCHET, FOUMART, OR POLECAT. 



PLATE X. 

 Mustela Putorius. LINN. 



Tail about a third of the entire length; fur long, dark 

 brown, yellowish at the base, the lips and ears white. 



Mustela Putorius, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 167 ; Desmar. Mammal. 

 177 ; Jen. Brit. Vert. Anim. 11 ; Bell, Brit. Quadr. 156. 



THE Fitchet, Foumart, or Polecat, as it is variously 

 named, is, like the other species of this genus, of an 

 elongated slender form, which, however, is rendered 

 less apparent by the great length of its fur. The 

 head is of moderate size, ohlong, or ovato-triangular, 

 when viewed from above, with the muzzle rather 

 rounded ; the ears short, and broadly rounded ; the 

 neck of moderate length and very thick ; the body 

 very long ; the feet short and strong. On the an- 

 terior extremity the first toe is very short, the fifth 

 or outer a little longer, the third longest, the fourth 

 next, the second a little shorter than the latter. On 

 the hind foot, the first toe is also very short, the 

 second longer than the fifth, the third longest, but 



