[ 374 3 



the coat is mixed here and there with a 

 brownifh hair, efpecially in the tail. Another 

 in the fummer coat, the fame as our weefel. 



6. Skunk. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 233. n. 167. 



Kalm's Travels, 1. 273. tab. I. 

 It anfwers to Mr. Pennant's defcription, except 

 that the white ftripe on the head is not con- 

 nected with that on the back, and that the 

 brown area, which is left between the two 

 white ftripes on the back, is broader than he 

 defcribes it. 



7. Canada Porcupine. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 266. 



n. 196. Hyjirix dorfata. Linn. 

 Severn River. 



It agrees perfectly with the defcriptions. Thefe 

 animals live among the pine trees, of which 

 the bark is their food in winter, as willow 

 tops and the like are in fummer. They 

 copulate in September, and bring forth only 

 one young the firft week in April. During 

 winter they feldom travel above five hundred 

 yards, fo that one is always fure of finding a 

 porcupine, as foon as one meets with a tree 

 that has been frefh (tripped of its bark. The 

 longed quills of an old porcupine are about 

 five inches long. The Europeans are very 

 fond of the flefh of thefe animals, as it taftes, 

 when roafled, exactly like that of a fucking 

 pig. Their bones in winter have a greenifh yel- 

 low colour, perhaps owing to their continually 

 feeding on the bark of pine trees. It is known 



that 



