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tipped with white, which gives a grey or hoary 

 appearance ; the nose, throat, and whole under 

 side of the animal, as well as the legs and thighs, 

 black : the head is large, and the ears broad 

 and short : across the forehead extends a broad 

 white line, passing over the eyes and reaching 

 as far as the shoulders. It is a native of Suri- 

 nam. The specimen above described was sup- 

 posed to have been young or half-grown, so that 

 its proper measure seems not clearly understood. 

 The animal figured in the 7th vol. of Buffon's 

 supplement, pi. 57. appears so extremely nearly 

 allied to the above, that I cannot but consider 

 it as the same species. It was of a blackish- 

 brown colour, Avith a white band from the fore- 

 head on each side the back : the tail white, vil- 

 lous, and shortish. 



QUASJE. 



Viverra Quasje. V. castanea, subtus Jlaxescens, naso producto 

 cauda annulata. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 87. 



Chesnut-coloured W. yellowish beneath, with lengthened move- 

 able snout, and annulated tail. 



THIS is said to be a native of Surinam, bur- 

 rowing under ground, and living on worms, insects, 

 fruits, &c. it is, perhaps, no other than some va- 

 riety of the Coati-Mondi or Brasilian Weesel. 



v. i. P. ii. 



