30 FEPLE. THE WEESEL TRIBE. 



Mustela vulgaris. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 242. 

 Klein, quadr. disp. p. 62. Rail. Syn. quadr. p. 195. 

 4 Viverrd vulgaris. Shaw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 420, tab. 98, 



La Belette. Buff. Sonn. xxv. p. 125, tab. 3, fig. l.~. 

 Cub. Tab. Element, p. 116. 



Common PFeesel. Penn. quadr. ii. p. 33. Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. i. p. 95, tab. 7; bad figure. Shaw's Gen. Zool. i, 

 p. 420, tab. 98. Smellie's Buffon, iv. p. 257, tab. 77. 

 Bing. Anim. Biog. 3d edit. i. p. 337. 



16. THE STOAT, or ERMINE. Tail black at the tip. 

 Viverra erminea. Shaw. 



Length, to the origin of the tail, about 10 inches; and of the Jail 

 5 inches. Muzzle short, and rounded. Ears large, and round ; the 

 opening very wide, and the lowest part of the opening nearly in a 

 line with, the angle of the mouth. Eyes large, of a dark colour, and 

 equi-distant from the ears and extremity of the nose. Whiskers very 

 long. Toes long, and furnished with sharp claws. 



Upper parts of the body, and outsides of the legs brown; darker 

 on the muzzle and top of the head than elsewhere. Under parts, 

 from the muzzle to the base of the tail, white in the male, and yel- 

 lowish in the female, Edges of the ears, extremities of the toes, and 

 claws white. Longest hairs of whiskers whitish, the rest brown. 



In the northern parts of Scotland entirely white in winter, except 

 the tip of the tail. W. B. 



Common, 



Mustela pedibus Jisfis, caudce apice atro. Mustela er- 

 minca. Linn. Syst. Nat. Grael. i. p. 98. 



Mustela auricularum marginibus albis, caudce apice 

 nigro. Mustela erminea. Erxleben, Syst. regn. animal, 

 gen. 42, sp. 13, p. 474. 



Mustela erminea. Stoat or Ermine. Turton, i. p. 61. 

 Kerr,p. 18L 



Mustela 



