PUE-CLAD FIGHTERS. 



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cylindrical, black at the tip; color of under parts 

 buff-white, sharply defined in nearly a straight line 



Little brown Weasel. 



beside the brown ; feet white beneath ; always turns 

 white on the approach of winter.* 



Larger weasel in his summer coat. 



Larger weasel {Putorius novehoraeensis — Puto- 

 rius erminea, of Coues) ; length of body without tail, 

 eight to eleven, or oftener nine to ten, inches ; tail 

 at all seasons bushy, conspicuously black-tipped for 

 about one third of its total length. Color of under 



* In Connecticut P. cicognani always turns white in winter, 

 while P. novehoraeensis never does. 

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