2718 VIVERRA, VORTICELLA. 
inches long. Defends itself by the most pungent 
and intolerable odour. 
ciuetta, (civet,) tail spotted above, brown towards 
ihe tip ; mane chesnut ; back spotted with cine- 
yeous and brown. Sizeofacat. Produces the 
civit odour. 
genetta, (genet,) tail annulate; body spotted, 
blackish-tawny. 7 inches long. ; 
martes. (martin,) bedy blackish-tawny ; throat 
and breast yellow. 
zibellina, (sable,) body dark-tawny ; forehead 
white; throat cinereous. Sometimes snow- 
white ; sometimes it hasacollar of white or 
yellow spots. 
feetidus, (polecat,) body blackish-yellow ; mouth 
andears white. Sleeps by day and wanders 
by night. Emits a fetid odour. 
furo, (ferret.) eyes red, fiery ; body long, slender ; 
pale yellow. 
vulgaris, (White-bellied weesel,) body white, or 
tawny-brown above, white beneath ; tail the 
colour of the body. Prowls by night. Fetid 
and dirty. | 
See lS. P. 
9—4. Vo.iura. Spec. 144. 
pallida, (mitre, volute,) shell entire, oblong-ovate, 
with an elevated spire ; pillar with four plaits. 
See MS, P. 
14—-1. Vontvox. Spec. 9. 
globator, (globe jelly,) spherical, membranacecus, 
with various sized homogeneous molecules. In 
stagnant water and vegetable infusions. 
See MS. P. 
144—1. Vorricetta. Spec. 37. 
vacemosa, (whirler,) compound with a rigid stem 
