Clafsl. POLECAT. ^j 



In this place It will be proper to add, that SoUnus m 

 his account of ^nV^minforms us, that the fine gentle- 

 men of our ifland adorned the hilts of their fwords 

 with the teeth of fea beafts, which were as white as 

 ivory itfelf *. 



Genus XIL The W E E S E L. 



Species I. The POLECAT. 



Putorlus. Polecat or Ficchet, alba. Brijfonquad. iSo. 



Rail fyn. quad, 199. Tie Buffon,Tom. vij, 199. Tab. 23. 



Meyer^s an. ii. Tab. 6. Muftela putorius, Lin. fyft. 6j. 



Charlton ex. 20. Muftela fcetida, Klein quad. 6%^ 



Gefner quad. 767. Mufiela flavefcente nigricans, ore 



Muftela pilis in exortu ex cinereo albo, collari flavefcente. i^««;;b. 



albidis, colore nigricante ter- Suec. 16. 



minatis, oris ©ircumferentia Br. Zool. 3.7.- 



N A M E S. 



Brit. Ffwlbard Germ* Ittif, ulk, Buntfing 



Fren. Le Putois Dut. Bonfing 



Ital. Foetta, Puzol©^ Sived. lUer 



Span. Putoro Dan. Ilder 



Fort. 



TH E length of this animal, is about leventeera 

 inches, exclufive of the tail ; that of the tail 

 fix. The fhape of this animal in particular, as well 

 as of the whole genus, is long and (lender; the 

 Rofe fharp-pointed, and the legs Ihort : in fine, ad- 

 mirably formed for infinuating itfelf into the fmallefi: 

 holes and palTages, in fearch of prey : it is very nim- 

 ble and adlivea runs very faft, will creep up the fides 



■ * PaljhiJlQr, 56. 



