84 



STOAT. 



Ciafa L 



SPECIES V. 



When brown, the STOAT. 



IVhen white^ the E R M I N E. 



Muftela Candida, animal ermi- 

 neum. Raii fyn. quad. 198. 



Mort. "Northampt. 442. 



Meyer s an. ii. Tab. 23, 24. 



Muftelahiemealba, jeftate fupra 

 rutila infra alba, cauda; apice 

 nigro. Brijm quad.i']6. 



De Bufforty vii. 240. lab. 29. 



Fig. 2. Tah. 31. Fig. r, 



Ge/ner quad. 'j^'j^. 



Muftela ermine^, M. plantis 



fiffis, cauds apice atro. Zz«. 



./jy?. 68. Faun.Suec. 17. 

 Pontop. Norway, Part ii. p. 25:. 

 -Sr. Zee/. 40. 





NAMES. 



■i'.\ l\\y ;■'. -' 



.s*-//. 



Carhvm Germ. 



H^ermelin 



Fren. 



L'Hermine, Le Rofelet Sixied. 



Hermeljn,Lekat!r 



Ital. 



Armellino Dut. 



Hermilyn 

 Hermeiin, Lekat 



Span. 



Armino, Aimelina Dan. 



TH E length of the float to the origin of the 

 tail, is ten inches : that of the tail is five inches 

 and a half. The colors bear fo near a refemblance to 

 thofe of the weefel, as to caufe them to be confounded 

 together by the generality of common obfervers ; the 

 ■weefel being ufually miftaken for a fmall ftoat : but 

 thefe animals have evident and invariable fpecific dif- 

 ferences, by which they may be eafily known. Firft, 

 by the fize ; the weefel being ever lefs than the ftaac ;, 

 fecondly, the tail of the latter is always tipt with 

 black, is longer in proportion to the bulk of the 

 animal, and more hairy -, whereas the tail of the 

 weefel is fiiorter, and of the fame color with the body: 



thlrdlv. 



