the Hftory of AniU A L 8* 
Muftela flavefcente-nigricans ore albo 5 collari flam. 
c lhe yellowifto-black Muftela , white mouthy 
and a yellow collar . 
This is fomewhat fmaller than the Martin, and it’s legs are fhorter : the head is 
fmall, oblong, pointed at the extremity, and rounded on the fummit: the ears are 
fhort, broad, patulous, and white at the edges; the eyes are moderately large, black, 
and piercing in their afpedt 5 the mouth is wide, and well furnifhed 7 with teeth : the 
neck is fhort and thick ; the body is long and llender, and the legs are Abort, and not 
very robuft. 
The head is of a dark brown, approaching to black, but with a tinge of orange 
colour in it: the mouth and the part about the noftrils are white s the upper part of 
the neck is black, the under yellowifh : the whole body is of a very deep colour, mixed 
of a kind of dufky yellow, and black : the back is darkeft, and the belly paler than 
the Ades: the tail is long and black; the throat is alfo black, and the legs are black « 
the yellow mark on the under part of the neck begins a little beyond the angles of the 
mouth : the upper jaw is longer than the under. 
This is frequent with us j it lives in warm hilly fields, under thick hedges, and iit 
woods, and feeds on birds, and the fmaller quadrupeds; but it chiefly is found in the 
neighbourhood of villages, or of farm-houfes, where it commits great ravages among 
the poultry. All the writers on quadrupeds have defcribed it, and all under the fame 
name Putorius. It has a moft infufiferable fcent, which is owing to a foetid matter, 
formed in two glands, fltuated near the anus. 
Muflela caudce apice atro . 
The Muftela , with the tip of the tail black . 
This is a fmaller animal than the pole-cat: the head is fmall, of an ovated form, 
and fharp at the fnout; the ears are fmall, fhort, and patulous 5 the eyes are of a fierce 
afpedt, moderately large and prominent: the noftrils are large, and the mouth is well 
furnifhed with teeth : the upper jaw is longer than the under, and the anterior part of 
the head, in fome degree, refembles that of a dog : the mouth and about the nof¬ 
trils and eyes are ornamented with long and thick whifkers j the ears are covered with 
a fhort, but very denfe, fur, and have a Angular kind of a duplicature at their bafe 1 
the inner aperture of the ear, which is remarkably large, in proportion to the outer, 
is full of a kind of flefhy protuberances or granulations of a reddifh colour. 
The neck is fhort and flender; the body is about eight inches long, and llender j 
the tail is little more than a third of the length of the body: the legs are very fhort 
and flender, and the feet have each flve toes, armed with little but very fharp claws. 
The whole body is covered with a Ane and tolerably long fur : the back is of a 
dark colour, with fome tinge of a ferrugineous or reddifh-brown ; the Ades have more 
of the red, and the belly is white j the whitenefs begins at the chin, and is conti-* 
nued over the whole under part of the creature : the legs are darker than the Ades. 
This is frequent in all parts of Europe. We have it in woods, and under warm 
hedges, and it is often found about the farmer’s barns and out-houfes, where it does 
great damage among the poultry. All the writers on animals have defcribed it. 
They all call it by the fame name Muftela; we, the Weafel, the Foumart, or the 
Fitchet. 
* Muflela 
