10 MAMMALIA. FEUJE. 7, 8, 9. 



13. V. Maries. Blackish-chesnut, throat arid breast yel- 

 low 



Pine Martin. Eufon. 7. pi. 22. 



Differs from the last in having the throat and breast yellow, the 

 head shorter, the hair rather darker, and the legs a little longer. 



14. V. Putorius. Blackish-yellow, mouth and cars white. 



Polecat, Fitchet. Penn. Zool. pi. 6. Shaw Zool. pL 98'. 



Body about 17 inches long : head thicker than in the Martin : 

 mouth of the male whitish, of the female yellowish-white : ears 

 edged with white : tail 6 inches long, taper : legs short : toes long, 

 cloven to the bottom. 



15. V. vufgaris. Pale reddish-brown above, beneath white: 

 tail the colour of the body. 



Common Weefel. Penn. Zool. pi. 7. n. 17. Shaw Zool. pi. 98. 



Body 6 or 7 inches long, pale tawny-brown on the upper parts, 

 from the chin to the tail white on the under-side : ears small round: 

 Viclow the corner of the mouth on each jaw is a brown spot : eyes 

 black,: tail 2 inches and a half long, pointed. 

 2. White with a few black hairs on the end of the tail. 



16. V. erminca. Tail tipt with black. 



i. Body pale reddi.sh brown. Stoat. 

 e. Body white. Ermine. 

 ' Pennant Brit. Zool. tab. 7. . 18. Shaw Zool. t. 99. 



Body 10 inches long, pale reddish-brown or white, or white in 

 some parts and brownish in others : edges of the ears and ends of 

 the toes yellowish-white : tail 5 inches and a half long, always black 

 on the lower part : hair short, and not so shining as in the Martin. 



7. LUTRA. Otter. 



17. L. vulgaris. Deep-brown, with 2 whitish spots on each 

 side the nose, and one under the chin : feet naked : 

 tail half as long: as the body. 



Otter. Fenn. Brit. Zool. pi. 8. n. 19. Shaw Zool. pi. 100. 



Body nearly 2 feet long: keadbroad, Rut: mouth small, furnished with 

 strong whiskers: lips thick. : ears short, rounded; neck very thick: 

 tliroat and breast cinereous : eyes small, placed over the nose : legs 

 short, thick, destitute of hair : toes 5 on each foot, all connected by 

 strong webs: tail 16 inches long, tapering, comprefsed. 



8. URSUS. Bear. 



18. U. yirctos. Blackish-brown, with a very short tail. 



Common Bear. Shaw Zool. pi. 102. Bn/on S.pl. 31. 32. 



Body about the size of a large calf, black to various shades of 

 brown and grey, very shaggy ; head tapering suddenly into the 

 snout : ears short, rounded : toes 5 on each foot : thumb narrower 

 than the rest. 



19. \J.-Me!es. Grey above, black underneath; a longitu- 

 dinal black bend covering the eyes and ears ; tail: the 

 colour of the body. 



Badger. Pennant Zool. t. 18. n. 13. Skaw Zool. t. 106. 



Body about 2 feet long, of a clumsy make, grey on the upper 

 parts, with the throat, breast, brlly, and legs black : face white, with 

 a black pyramidal band extending, from below the eyes over the 

 ears : eyes very small : ears short, rojiflded : legs short, thick : claws 

 on the forefeet long and straight : tail 6 inches long, between which 

 and the vent is a transverse oriiice exuding a white fetid substance. 



9. TALPA. Mole. 



20. T. curoptra. Tail shorr: all the feet 5- toed. 

 Common Mole. Shaw Zotl, t. 117. Buffo n 8. t, 3 a. 



