WEASEL

a small animal allied to the irten, polecat, mink, and stoat, commoz the tempcratec and cold parts of the wthern Hemisphere. It is about i0 or inches sos. brown in colour with ite breast. extreme cold it becomes tite all over. It feeds on rata, mice, lea, frogs, etc., and occasionally devours »bits and birds. [s. 316]