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29. Vison. 
Py) HEATER aan: 
Hift. Quad. N° 204.—Smellie, vii. 307.—Lev. Mus. 
W EESEL. With ears a little pointed: body and head covered 
with hair of a mixture of grey, chefnut, and black, and be- 
neath protected by a cinereous down: the lower jaw encircled with 
white: legs and tail black: on the breaft, between the fore-legs, a 
fpot of white, and another on the belly between the hind-legs: toes 
covered above and below with fur. 
I faw this and the following animal at Paris, in the cabinet of M. 
Aubry, Cure de St. Louis en L’Ifle. They were in glafs cafes, fo I 
could get only an imperfect view of them. Accerding to M. de 
Buffon, the length of this was a foot and a half French meafure ; the 
tail ten inches*. The fur is fine ; and the fkins were often imported 
by the French from Canada. 
This feems to me to be very nearly allied to the European Martin, 
N° 1s. Br. Zool. vol. i. It agrees very much in dimenfions, and in 
the white marks. It is alfo the animal which Mr. Graham fent to the 
Royal Society from Hud/on’s Bay, under the name of Fackafb, which 
he fays harbours about creeks, and lives on fifh. Brings from two to 
four young atatime. Is caught by the natives, who eat the flefh 
and barter the fkins. 
Hift, Quad, N° 205.—Smellie, vii. 307. 
EESEL. With a long neck and body: fhort legs: head and 
body brown tinged with tawny: tail black: the down of a 
bright afh-color. 
© Le Pekan, tom. xiii. 304. tab, xhi. xlii. 
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