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COMMON WEESEL. Class I. 



17. Common. The Weasel or Weesel, Mustek Mustek supra rutik, infra 



vulgaris: in Yorkshire, the a]ha.- Brisso7i quad. 173. 



Fitchetor Foumart, i^azi 57/H. De Buffnn, Tom. vii. 235. 



■ quad. 195. Tah. 29. 



Girald. Camhrens. 14g. Gesner quad. 753. 



The Whitred. Sih. Scot. II. Mustek vulgaris. A7em. jz^ac?. 



Mustek vulgaris. Gm. Lin. gy. Q2. 



,' . . ^ _^ , .. Br.Zool.3Q. Hist, (juad.^o. 



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Descrip- 

 tion. 



Manners. 



Brit. Bronwen 



? ^i -. Port. . Don inha 



Fren. La Belette - Germ. Wisel 



Ital. Donnok, Ballottula, Did. Weezel _ .,,„,,„ .,,„^ 



Benula Sived. Vesk 



Span. Comadreia ■ ■' ; Lan. VcEsel. ^^l ^" Z■:'r^i 



.: , .- . . •■ - - --..-h- '■•.■'^■>.-: ■'. 



XHIS species is the lest of the weesel kind, 

 the length of the head and body not exceeding 

 six, or at most seven inches. The tail is only- 

 two inches and a half long, and ends in a point ; 

 the ears are large, and the lower parts of them 

 are doubled in. The whole upper part of the 

 body, the head, tail, legs, and feet are of a very 

 pale tawny brown : the w hole under side of the 

 body from the cliin to the tail is white, but 

 beneath the corners of the mouth on each jaw 

 is a spot of brown. 



This, like the rest of the kind, is very de- 

 structive to young birds, poultry, and young 

 rabbets, and besides is a sreat devourer of ego's. 



