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WHITE-CHEEKED WEESEL. 
Viverra Quadricolor. V, cinereo Jiatescens, gula jiam, capite, 
cruribus, caudaque iiigris, ge?iis mentoqiie albis. 
Yellow- cinereous W. with black head, legs, and tail, bright-yel- 
low throat, and white cheeks and chin. 
White-cheeked Weesel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. ^2. 
This animal measured from nose to tail eigh- 
teen inches, and the tail the same : the ears were 
rounded ; the nose broad and blunt : the head flat ; 
the irides dusky; the face, crown, legs^ rump, 
and tail, black : the back and belly pale yellow 
intimately mixed with cinereous ; the throat of a 
rich yellow, and the chin and cheeks white. 
It was described by Mr. Pennant from a living- 
specimen in 1772. Its native place was unknown. 
PEKAN. 
Viverra Canadensis. 
Mustela Canadensis. M. corpore fuko nigricaute, pectore ma- 
cula alba. Lhu Syst. Nat. p. pj. 
Blackish-fulvous W. with white pectoral spot. 
Le Pekan. Buff, ^3 - P- 304- P^' 4^. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 51. 
This species has the shape of a Martin, and is 
more than a foot and half in length from nose to 
tail ; the tail being near one foot long. Its gene- 
ral colour is black-fulvous^ with a white patch be- 
tween the fore legs, and on the sides of the body 
is a tinge of grey : the ears are a little pointed : 
