SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Mustela Foina, Lin. Sys. Nat. 

 La Fouine, Buff. t. vii. The Marten, Ray. 

 Icon. Schreb. tab. 129. Buff. xu. pi. 18. Ency. Method, 

 t. 81, f. 1. Shaw. Zool. 



Inhabits Europe and Western Asia. 



351. 3. M. Zibellina {the '^able.) Fur shining, blackish 

 brown, the head and throat whitish. Feet covered with 

 fur to the ends of the toes. 



Mustela Zibelllna, Lin. Syst. Nat. Pallas, Spic. Zool. 

 fasc. 14. 



Sable, Heralds and Furriers. Sobol, Russians. Sabbel, 

 Swedes. Sable Weasel, Shaw. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 136. Pallas, Spic. Zool. 14. tab. 3.f. 2. 



Inhabits Northern Asia. 



3.52. 4. M. Vison (the Vison.) Brown, with the point 

 of the lower jaw white, and the tail brown-black. Length 

 of the head and body fifteen inches. 



Mustela Vison, Gm. Syst. Nat. 



Le Vison, Buff. t. xiii. Minx of the Americans ? 



Icon. Buff. xin. pi. 43. Schreber, tab. 127. 



Obs. According to Gmelin and Warden, the feet are 

 semipalmate, but Cuvier says they are not so. It has con- 

 siderable affinity in colouring and size to M. Lutreola ; but 

 Cuvier locates the two species in two distinct sub-genera. 

 Desmarest confounds this with the M. Maries in his notes. 



353, 5. M. Canadensis (Pekan.) Head, shoulders, and 

 upper part of the back mixed gray and brown ; nose, crup- 

 per, tail, and limbs blackish brown ; Frequently, but not 

 always, with a white patch on the throat. Length of the 

 body and head eighteen inches, tail ten inches or a foot. 



Mustela Canadensis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 



Pekan, Buff. t. xiii. Pekan Weasel, Penn. Quad. 331, 

 and 204. 



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