COMMON WEESEL. Class I. 



I?. Common. The Weasel or Weesel, Mustek Mustek supra rutila, infra 

 vulgaris: in Yorkshire, the alba. Brisson quad. 173. 

 Fitchetor Foumart. Rail syn. De Buffon, Tom. vii. 235. 

 quad. 195. Tab. 29. 



Girald. Cambrens. 14g. Gesner quad. 753. 



TheWhitred. Sib. Scot. 11. Mustek vulgaris, if/ezra. quad. 

 Mustek vulgaris. Gm. Lin. 99. 62. 



Br. Zool. 3Q. Hist. quad. No. 

 244. Arct. Zool. i. No. 

 25. p. 80*. 



Brit. 



Bromven 



Port. 



Doninha 



Fren. 



La Belette 



Germ. 



Wisel 



Ital. 



Donnok, Ballottula, 



Dut. 



Weezel 





Benula 



Sived. 



Vesla 



Span. 



Comadreia 



Dan. 



Vsesel. 



Descrtp- JLHIS species is the lest of the weesel kind, 



TION. 



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 whole under side of the 

 body from the chin to the tail is white, but 

 beneath the corners of the mouth on each jaw 

 is a spot of brown. 

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

 structive to young birds, poultry, and young 

 rabbets, and besides is a great devourcr of eg^s. 



