ERMINE. 
This animal is the Mustek Erminea, of the 
Linnsean system ; the Mustela Alba, of Gesner; 
he Mustela Candida, or Anunal Ermineum 
^iecentiorum, of Ray ; the Mustela Armellina^ 
)f Klein; THermine, or Roselet, of Buffon; 
.nd the Ermine, or Stoat, of Pennant, and o£ 
nost other English naturalists. These last 
ppellations, indeed, as adopted by BufFon and 
*ennant, &c. are merely the names of the 
nimal in the French and English languages, 
n Latin, it. is called Hermellanus, orAnimai 
.rmineum ; in Italian, Armelina ; in Ger- 
lan, Hermelin ; in Swedish, HermelinLekatt ; 
nd, in Polish, Gronostay. 
As the animal, which we have figured from 
drawing by the celebrated Edvv^ards now in 
ie British Museum, represents the Ermine or 
:oat in it's white state, we have adopted the 
irmername only: and, indeed, we have some 
lie doubt, as to the strict propriety of making 
e Ermine and Stoat exactly one and the same 
•iraaij notwithgtanding/the respectable autho- 
rities 
