THE ICHNEUMON. 189 
of small quadrupeds and birds, and 
all its habits it is exactly like the ani- 
just mentioned. It begins to change its 
^'^inmer dress in November, and resumes it in 
‘•arch. 
The stoat is sometimes found of a white 
^olour in Great Britain, but not often, and it 
then called a white weasel. 
THE ICHNEUMON. 
The ichneumon is one of the most remark- 
of the numerous species of the weasel 
*'^ibe. There are two distinct varieties of it, 
''^^ich differ chiefly in size, the larger gene- 
*'ally measuring about forty inches from the 
''ose to the tip of the tail, while the smaller 
^arcely attains two-thirds of that length. 
^6 former has also the tail slightly tufted at 
end. In other respects they bear a near 
