AMERICAN BADGER. 469 



the Bear, confining himself to his den in a state 

 of semi-torpidity. 



Ridinger figures a singular variety of the Bad- 

 ger, of a white colour, with brown and reddish 

 patches. 



AMERICAN BADGER. 



Ursvs ex griseojlavescens,gula pectore & abdomine albis, captie wz* 



gro lineato. 

 Pale yellowish-grey B. with the throat and belly white, and the 



head striped with black. 

 Ursus Labradorius. U. cauda apice inttosa ex luteo subfusca, 



gula, pectnre et abdomine albis, palmis tetradactytis. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. Gniel. p. 102. 



Carcajou. Buff, svppl. 3. p. 242. pi. 49. 

 American Badger. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 15. 



IN its general appearance this extremely re- 

 sembles the common Badger, and might almost 

 pass for a variety only : it is, however, somewhat 

 smaller, and the black bands on the face are 

 much narrower and do not include the eyes, but 

 commence behind them, and run along the top 

 of the neck : the ears are surrounded with black : 

 the upper parts of the body are nearly of the 

 same colour as in the common Badger, but ra- 

 ther paler, and with a slight yellowish cast ; and 

 the breast and belly are of a light ash-colour, in- 

 stead of black : the legs are of a dusky brown: 

 the claws are at least as long and strong as in the 

 European Badger, if not more so. In the speci- 

 men described by the Count de Buifon there were 



