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CEYLONESE WEESEL. 



Viverra Zeylanica. V. cinerea fusco mista, infra albida. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 89. Schreber saeugth. p. 45 1 . 

 Cinereous W. mixed with grey, whitish beneath. 



THIS species in its habit or general appearance, 

 as well as in size, resembles the Martin : the ge- 

 neral colour is grey, shaded with brown ; deepest 

 on the back and tail, beneath lighter or whitish : 

 the tail is as long as the body ; the vibrissa; or 

 whiskers white; the lower lip indented; the feet 

 five- toed, with rather retractile claws : the tongue 

 warted. Mr. Schreber is not without some suspi- 

 cion that this species may be the same with the 

 Ceylonese Dog (Chien sauvage de Ceylon of Vos- 

 maer). 



CAPE WEESEL. 



Viverra Capensis. V. nigra, dorso griseo albo-marginato. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 89. 

 Black W. with grey back edged with white. 

 Mustela subfusca, linea longitudinal! alba per utrumque latus 



ducta. Brown jam. p. 486. n. i.f 

 Stinkbinksen. Kolbe Vorgeb. I. 167. 

 Blaireau puant. La Cattle voyag. p. 182. 

 Ratel Weesel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 66. 



THIS is one of the larger animals of the genus, 

 measuring two feet from nose to tail, which is 

 eight inches long. Its colour is a cinereous 

 grey above, and brownish-black below; the two 



