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CARNIVORA. 
name of chinche (viverra mephitis ^ Gm.) with two 
very large white stripes behind. 
Feuillee (Journal du P. Feuill6e, p. 272) also de- 
scribes the chinche, having two white rays, which 
go off, and are dispersed on the sides. 
Raffinesque (Ann. of Nat.) describes the mephitis 
interrupta, which is brown, with two short white 
parallel rays on the head; eight on the back, the four 
anterior of which are equal and parallel, and the four 
posterior rectangular. 
THE YAGOUARE OF AZARA. 
This animal is generally identified with the mouf- 
fette de Chili of Buffon, and the viverra conepatl of 
Gmelin. It is described at length, by Azara, as an 
inhabitant of South America, and generally found in 
the open country rather than in the forests. It lives 
on insects, eggs, and such birds as it can seize by 
surprise. Its motion is gentle and gliding, and it 
carries its tail horizontally. It will not run from a 
man ; and, indeed, exhibits no signs of fear at the 
sight of any animal, however powerful ; but if it 
perceive itself about to be attacked, it curves its 
back, raises its hairy tail into a vertical position, and 
then ejects, with considerable force, its urine, which 
is mixed with such an insupportably fetid liquid, 
produced by certain glands for the purpose, that 
neither man, dog, nor any animal, however fierce, will 
