SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Mustela Africana, Desm. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. xix. 376. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Africa. 



Obs. M. Desmarest treats this as distinct. 



345. 7. P. Erminea (the Ermine in Winter, the Stoat 

 in Summer.) Yellow-white beneath, tip of the tail black ; 

 back yellow-white in winter, pale chestnut brown in sum- 

 mer. About the size of the Weasel. 



Mustela Erminea, Lin. St/s. Nat. i. M. Candida, Rai/. 

 Syn. M. Armelina, Klein. Quad. 



In winter. Ermine, Pennant. Quad. L'Hermine, Buff.yu. 



Icon. 



Inhabits. 



346. 8. P. Sibirica (Siberian Weasel.) Pale fulvous, 

 especially on the lower parts ; muzzle brown, round the 

 nose white. Same size as the Polecat. 



Mustela Sibirica, Pallas, Spic. Zool. 14. 



Chorock, Sonnini'' s Buffon, xxxv. 19. 



Icon. Pallas., Spic. Zool. pi. 4./. 2. Schreber, pi. 135. B. 



Inhabits Siberia. 



347. 9. P. Lutreola (the Mink.) Blackish brown ; upper 

 lip, chin, and under the neck white. Feet semipalmate. 



M. Lutreola, Pallas, Spic. Zool. 14. Lutra Minor, Erx- 

 lehen, Mem. de Stockholm, 1739. 



Tuhcuri, Finlanders. Nsers of the Prussians. Mink 

 of the Furriers. 



Icon. Pallas, Spic. Zool. pi. 31. Erxleh. Mem. Stock, 

 tab. 11. Ency. Method, t. 80./. 1. 



Inhabits Finland very generally, and is found also in all 

 the north-eastern parts of Europe. Erxleben refers its ha- 

 bitat also to North America, in which, says Desmarest, 

 other similar species are found ; but the name Minx, as 



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