FER^E. THE WEESEL TRIBE. 29 



Mustda putorius. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 249. 



Mustela foetida. Klein, Quad. disp. p. 63. 



Putorius. Gesner, p. 767. Ruyscb, i. pa. 1, p. 

 107. Raii. Syn. quadr. p. 199. 



Viverra putorius. Shaw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 415, tab. 98. 



Le Putois. Buff. Sonn. xxv. p. 108, tab. 1, fig. 3.. 

 Cuv. Tab, Element, p. 116. 



Fitchet. Penn. Quadr. ii. p. 37. Penn. Brit. Zool. 

 i. p. 89, tab. 6, n. 14. 



Polecat. Shaw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 415, tab. 98. 

 Smellie's Buffon, iv. p. 248, tab. 74. 



15. THE COMMON WEESEL. Body tawny ; brown above, 

 white beneath : tail similar in colour to the body. Viverra 

 vulgaris. Shaw. 



Length, to the origin of the tail, 7 inches ; and of the tail 2 inches. 

 Ears larger, in proportion to the size of the animal, than those of most 

 other Weesels. Tail somewhat pointed, and not bushy toVrards its 

 extremity. 



All the upper parts of the body, vrith the tail, legs, and feet, of a 

 beautiful yellowish brown colour : whole under side, from the chin 

 to the tail, white. On each side of the head, a little below the cor- 

 ner of the mouth, there is a spot of brown. Ears whitish on the 

 edges. At the posterior angle of each eye there rs a white spot. 

 Tips of ihefeet and the claws white: the latter have each a red line 

 extending along them. W. B. 



Common in all parts of Great Britain and Ireland. 



Mustela pedibus Jissis, corpore ex fusco~rufo, subtus 

 albo caudd concolore. Mustela vulgaris. Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. Gmel. i. p. 99. Erxleben, Syst. regn. animal, gen. 

 42, sp. 12, p. 471. 



Mustela vulgaris. Common, Weesel. Turton, i. p. 

 61. Ken, p. 182. 



Mustda 



