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Mustela hieme alba, cestate supra rutila infra alba; 

 caudce apice nigro. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 243. 



Mustela armellina. Klein, quad. desp. p-, 63. 



Mustela alba. Gesner, p. 753. 



Mustela Candida, s. animal ermineum. Raii. Syn. quadr. 

 p. 198. 



Viverra erminea. Shaw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 426, tab. 99. 



H ermine ou Roselet. Buff. Sonn. xxv. p. 153, tab. 3, 

 fig. 2, tab. 4, fig. 2. 



Stoat or Ermine. Penn. Quadr. ii. p. 35. Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. i. p. 89, tab. 7, n. 18. Shaw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 

 426, tab. 99. Smellie's Buffon, iv. p. 262, tab. 77, 79. 



THE OTTER TRIBE. Front teeth in each jaw six, 

 sharpish: canine-teeth larger: feet webbed. LUTRA. 

 Shaw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 378, 437. 



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Head short, and muzzle broad. Front-teeth of the lower jaw not in 

 an even line, but two of them situated somewhat within the rest: 

 tongue smooth. Ears very short. TOC.S five on each foot, both be- 

 fore and behind. The feet rest upon the toes only. W. B. 



17. THE COMMON OTTER. Body brown, feet naked, tail 

 half the length of the body. Lutra vulgaris. Shaw. 



Length, to the origin of the tail, about 2 feet; and of the tail 16 

 inches. Weight of the male usually from 18 to 261b. and of the fe- 

 male from 13 to 22lb. An otter snared in October 1794, in the river 

 Lea, betwixt Ware and Hertford, weighed upwards of forty pounds. 

 }fead short and oval. Muzzle broad. Neck very short, and nearly 

 equal in thickness to the head. Eyes small and brilliant, and situated 

 towards the front of the face. Ears rounded and very short : the 

 orifices straight, Mouth small. Legs short, but remarkably strong, 



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