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differs from that of Cuvier, inasmuch as he is not 
prepared to discard any, that have been described 
and figured as different. He inclines to think the 
coase of Buffon, though not corresponding with any 
animal elsewhere described, is distinct, principally 
because the character of the figure has something 
positive, which a mutilated skin could hardly have 
produced. He thinks it may be one of a class, also, 
but little known ; namely, the smaller gluttons or 
grisons, of at least three undescribed species, of 
which the Major has made drawings ; and he would, 
consequently, not dismiss it as factitious, but leave 
the matter open for future investigation. 
The Major acknowledges, also, the conepatl of 
BuflTon, as well as the chinche, which he has fre- 
quently seen, and is well figured in Buffon’s work. 
Catesby’s animal he also has no doubt is distinct. It 
is longer, more slender, has the nose more pointed, 
and the markings very different from the conepatl, 
or any other. The mouffette de Chili is very nearly 
allied to a drawing in the major’s collection, though 
it differs in some degree, resulting, probably, from 
the type being found in a different part of the coun- 
try from that of Buffon’s animal. 
The opposite figures, selected from the Major’s 
collection (for attention to economy obliges the au- 
thor most reluctantly to omit a host of most in- 
teresting drawings), are from the male, and young of 
the animal commonly known in America by the 
name of skunk. The types were in the museum of 
New York. The white marks differ in shape in the 
