10 MAMMALIA. FEKJE. 7, 8, 9, 



13. V. Maries. Blackish-chesnut, throat and breast yel- 

 low 



Pine Martin. Buffon. 7 . pi. 22. 



Differs from the last in having the throat and breast yellow, the 

 head shorter, the hair rather darker, and the legs a little longer. 



14. V. Fuiorius. Blackish-yellow, mouth and cars white. 



Polecat, Fitchet. Penn. Zool. pi. 6. Shaw Zool. pi. 98. 



Body about 17 inches long: head thicker than in the Martin: 

 mouth of the male whitish, of the female yellowish-white : ears 

 edged with white : tail 6 inches long, taper: legs short : toes long, 

 cloven to the bottom. 



15. V. vulgaris. Pale reddish-brown above, beneath white; 

 tail the colour of the body. 



Common Weefel. Penn. Zool. pi. 7. n. 17. Shaw Zool'. pi. 98. 



Body 6 or 7 inches long, pale tawny-brown on the upper parts, 

 from the chin to the. tail white on the under-side : ears small round: 

 below the corner of the mouth on each jaw is a brown spot : eyes. 

 black : tail 2 inches and a half long, pointed. 

 2. White with a few black hairs on the end of the tail. 



16. V. ermima. Tail tipt with black. 



1. Body pale reddish brown. Stoat. 



2. Body white. Ermine. 



Pennant Brit. Zool. tab. 7. n. 18. Shaw Zool. t. 99. 



Body ic inches long, pale reddish-brown or white, or white in 

 some parts and brownish in others : edges of the ears and ends of 

 the toes yellowish-white : tail 5 inches and a half long, always black 

 on the lower part : hair short, and not so shining as in the Martin. 



7. LUTRA. Otter, 



17. L. vulgaris. Deep-brown, with 2 whitish spots on each 

 side the nose r and one under the chin:. 'feet naked: 

 tail half as long as the body. 



Otter. Penn. Brit. Zool. pi. 8. n. 19. Shaw Zcol.pl. 100. 

 Body nearly 2 feet long: head broad, flat: mouth small, furnished with 

 strong whiskers: lips thick : ears short, rounded; neck very thick: 

 throat and breast cinereous : eyes small, placed over the nose : legs 

 short, thick, destitute of hair : toes 5 on each foot, all connected by 

 strong webs : tail 16 inches long, tapering, comprefsed. 



8. URSUS. Bear. 



IS. U. Jrctos. Blackish-brown, with a very short tail. 



Common Bear. Shaw Zool. pi. 102. Buff on 8. pi. 31. 32. 



Eody about the size of a large calf, black to various shades "of 

 brown and grey, very shaggy ; head tapering suddenly into the 

 snout : ears short, rounded : toss 5 on each foot ? thumb- narrower 

 than the rest. 



19- U. Meles. Grey above, black underneath ;, a longitu- 

 dinal black bend covering the eyes and ears ; tail the 

 colour of the body. 



Badger. Pennant Zool. t. 18. n. 13. Shaw Zool. t. 106. 



Body about 2 feet long, of a clumsy make, grey on the upper 

 parts,- with the throat, breast, belly, and legs black : face white, with 

 a black pyramidal band extending from below the eyes over the 

 ears : eyes very small : ears short, rounded : legs short, thick : claws 

 on the forefeet long and straight : tail6 inches long, between which 

 and the vent is a transverse orifice exuding a white fetid substance. 



9. TALPA. Mole. 



£0. T. europcea. Tail short : all the feet 5-toed. 



Common Mole. Shaw Zeol. t. 117. Buffcnd. t. 12. 



