YESPEHTILIO, VIVERBA. 277 



novoehoracensis, (american bat,) tail long ; nose 

 short, acute ; ears short, round ; bright tawny 

 above, paler beneath ; a white spot at the base 

 of each wing. Length same as the last. 

 Remark. Both of these species are torpid dur- 

 ing the winter and hang up by their hind claws 

 in ctfvertis, &c. They are found in the five cav- 

 erns of the Helderbergh in Albany county every 

 clay in summer as well as winter, hanging in 

 bunches like bees before swarming. They fly 

 out during the night in the summer season. 

 See MS. P. 



14 2. VIBRIO. Spec. 20. 

 &nser, (goose animalcula,) oval with a long neck^ 

 and a tubercle on the back. In stagnant water 

 where Lemna grows. 

 *&> MS. P. 



i 3. ViVERiiA. Spec. 52. 



Hemarks. Shaw, whom I have followed, con- 

 siders the distinction between the Viverra and 

 Mustela as not founded in nature. He has there- 

 fore included all the species of Mustela under the 

 Viverra ; excepting those of the Mustela, whose 

 hind feet are palmate. These, including the ot- 

 ters, minks, &c. constitute the genus LUTKA. 



vulpecula, (southern weesel,) entirely chesnutf 

 snout elongated. Odour filthy. 



putorius) (striped weesel,) blackish, with five dor- 

 sal parallel whitish lines. Sleeps by day and 

 prouls by night. Tail white at the tip. Odouv 

 intolerable when irritated. 



memphitis, (skunk,) back white, with a longitudi- 

 nal black line from the middle to tRe tail. 16 

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