ERMINED WEASEL. 
The head is white, and plain; the tip of the 
nose, only, being black. The body, and 
the tail, are white: the body is spotted with 
ermine-like black spots, disposed in rows, from 
the neck to the tail, and on the sides as well 
as back ; and the tail is annulated with black. 
The hair on all parts of the tail is short ; ex- 
cept the end, which is tufted with black. 
The legs are remarkably strong ; and thickly 
covered, to the very claws, with long, bright, 
ferruginous hairs. The claws are white, and 
very sharp. 
The length of this animal's head is three 
inches and a half ; that of the neck and body, 
from head to tail, sixteen inches and a half; 
and the tail is eleven inches and a half. Con- 
sequently, the Ermined Weasel, taken from 
tip to tip, is thirty-one Indies and a half long. 
