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third specimen and second living individual that has 
been noticed by zoologists, is somewhat darker in its 
colouring than Dr. Horsfield's figure, the skin from 
which the latter was taken being in all probability 
faded ; but fully agrees with it in every other parti- 
cular. It is about two feet in length, with a tail of 
nearly equal dimensions. The head, nose, and upper 
lip, the sides of the face including the ears, the back of 
the neck, the tail and adjacent parts of the body, and 
the limbs, both within and without, are of a deep 
shining black. The chin and lower jaw are pure white, 
and the throat is of a bright yellow, blending on the 
sides with the brown of the back, the whole of the 
upper and fore parts of which, together with the belly, 
are uniformly of the latter colour, except on the shoul- 
ders where the hairs are tipped with yellow. The tail 
is perfectly cylindrical and clothed with long and some- 
what rigid hairs. The pupils are round; the ears short; 
the whiskers moderately long; the palms of the fore 
feet large and of a dusky colour ; and the claws of all 
nearly white. As far as we have been enabled to exa- 
mine the teeth, they confirm Dr. Horsfield's conjecture, 
that the animal is a true Mustela. It has the three 
false molars in the upper jaw which are met with in 
that genus. 
Our specimen is extremely tame, good tempered, 
playful, and familiar. It partakes in a slight degree 
of the unpleasant odour remarkable in some other 
animals of the family, and of which the Polecat affords 
the most notorious example. It was presented to the 
Society by the Hon. Captain Shore, by whom it was 
brought from India. General Hardwicke obtained his 
skins from Nepaul: the country of Pennant's animal 
was unknown. 
