HISTORY OF MEXICO. 



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Pekan, or American marten, 27. 



Petit-gris, a quadruped of cold countries fimilar to the 

 fquirrel, fo called by Buffon, 20. 



Pilori, ( rat ?nufque des Antilles) a fmall quadruped fimi- 

 lar to the moufe, and different from the Ondatra, 20. 



Pin c his, (with Buffon, Pinche) a fpecies of fmall cer co- 

 pit he cus 9 30. 



Pol at uc a, a quadruped partly like a fquirrel, called 

 by the Mexicans £>uimichpatlan, or flying-rat, 20. 



Indian-pig, (in French pore de Inde) a fmall quadru- 

 ped of South America refembling the pig and rabbit, 

 without a tail, 16. 



Puma, or American lion, called by the Mexicans Miz~ 

 tli, and in Chili Pagi, 18. 



Quirquincho, a fpecies of Tatu covered with a fliell 

 and eighteen bands (/»). 



Rein-deer, in Canada Caribu, 24. 



Sai (ft), a fpecies of cercopithecus, 30. 



Saimiri, or rather Caimiri, a curious fpecies of cercopi- 

 thecus, 30. 



Saki, a fpecies of cercopithecus with a long tail, 30. 



Saricovienne, particular Lontra of Paraguay, Bra- 

 zil, Guiana, and Oronoko. In Paraguay it is called 

 Kija, and in Oronoko Cairo, and Nevi, 27. 



Sayu, (perhaps Caju) a fpecies of cercopithecus, 30. 



Water-rat, 30. 



Suricate, quadruped of South America, which, like 

 the Hyena, has four toes to every foot, 26. 



Svizzero, 



(m) QuirquinehO) amongft the Peruvians, Ajotochtli^ amongft the Mexicans, 

 Tutu amongft the Paraguefe, and Armadillo among the Spaniards, are all gene- 

 ric names of thefe fpecies of quadrupeds. Buffon confines the name ^uirchin- 

 cho not C'irquincon as he writes it to one fingle fpecies ; as alfo that of Ajotochtli. 



{m) Cai, not Sai as Buffon writes it, is in the Guarani tongue the generic 

 name of all the Cercopithecus ; but he confines it alfo to one fpecies. 



