384 SOUTH AMERICAN WEASEL* &6. 
South American fitchet or weasel,, 
This is a weasel with a long sharp nose ; its 
cheeks* its throat* and the sides of its neck* are 
black ; its forehead and the sides of its head to 
its ears* are white ; its ears are short, round* and 
edged with white ; from each a narrow stripe 
extends along the sides of its neck. Its body is 
covered with coarse hair* grey at the base* black, 
and white at the ends ,* its legs and feet are black 
tinged with red ; its toes are not unlike those of 
a rat. The length of the animal is above twenty- 
one inches ; its tail is bushy, of a bright chesnut 
jnixed with white ; it is rather shorter in propor- 
tion than the English fitchet* to which it bears a 
near resemblance. It inhabits Guiana. 
Grey-headed weasel. 
This is black* with the head and sides of the 
neck greyish* and the throat and under side of the 
neck white. It measures above two feet from nose 
to tail* which is eighteen inches long. It is a 
native of Guiana. 
Musky weasel. 
This has the upper part of the body cinereous* 
dashed with yellow* and marked with some obscure 
dusky lines ; the nose, part of the cheeks* the legs* 
and end of the tail black ; on the middle of the 
cheeks is a white spot. It is a native of Bengal, and 
is said to have a strong musky scent. Size not men- 
tioned : described by Mr. Pennant from a drawing. 
