ZORILLA. 
Chinche, or V. Mephitica, but is of a black co- 
lour with a changeable cast of blue, and has along 
the back a row of round white spots, reaching 
from head to tail: the head is long, the ears large, 
well covered with hair, and pendulous : the hind 
legs longer than the fore. It is a native of Chili, 
It generally carries its head low, its back arched, 
and its tail, which is very bushy, spead over its 
back like that of a Squirrel. In its manners and 
vapour it is said to agree with those before de- 
scribed. Molina affirms that the smell proceeds 
from a certain greenish oil, ejected from a follicle 
or receptacle near the tail. The Indians are said 
to value the skin of this species on account of its 
beauty, and to use it for various purposes, quilts, 
&c. &c. 
ZORILLA. 
Viverra Zorilla. V, alho nigroque varia^ Lin^ S^st. ^at» 
Gmel, p, 88. 
W. variegated with black and white, 
Zorilla. Buf, 13. 289.^9/. 41, 
Thus species is smaller than the three preced- 
ing, and is a native of Peru and other parts of 
South America, The ground-colour is black, 
upon which are three longitudinal white bands, 
extending from the head to the middle of the 
back, and other ta-ansverse white bands on the 
^iinks, the rump, and die <!)rigi3i of tlie tail, which 
is Mack as far m the miiddt^e, and then white to 
