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CEYLONESE WEESEL. 
Viverra Zeylanica. V. cinerea fusco mist a, infra albida. Lin. 
Syst. Nat, Gmel. p, 89. Sckreber saeugth, j». 45 1 . 
Cinereous W. mixed with grey, whitish beneath. 
This species in its habit or general appearance, 
as well as in size, resembles the Martin : the ge- 
neral colour is grey, shaded with brown; deepest 
on the back and tail, beneath lighter or whitish : 
the tail is as long as the body ; the vibrissa; or 
whiskers white; the lower lip indented; the feet 
five-toed, with rather retractile claws : the tongue 
warted. Mr. Schreber is not without some suspi- 
cion that this species may be the same with the 
Ceylonese Dog (Chi en sauvage de Ceylon of Vos- 
maer). 
CAPE WEESEL. 
Viverra Capensis. V. nigra, dor so griseo alho-marginato, Lin. 
Syst, Nat. Gmel. p. 89. 
Black W. with grey back edged with white. 
Mustela subfusca, linea longitudinali alba per utrumque latus 
ducta. Brown jam, p. 486. n» i.? 
Stinkbinksen. Kolbe Vorgeb, i. 167. 
Blaireau puant. La Caille voyag, p, 182. 
Katel Weesel. Tennant Quadr. 2. p. 66. 
This is one of the larger animals of the genus, 
measuring two feet from nose to tail, which is 
eight inches long. Its colour is a cinereous 
grey above, and brownish-black below ; the two 
