. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders . Little brown Weasel. beside the brown ; feet white beneath; always turnswhite on the approach of winter.*. Larger weasel in his summer coat. Larger weasel (Putorius noveboracensis—Puto-rius erminea, of Coues); length of body without tail,eight to eleven, or oftener nine to ten, inches; tailat all seasons bushy, conspicuously black-tipped forabout one third of its total length. Color of under * In Connecticut P. cicognani always turns white in winter,while P. noveboracensis never 130 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders . Little brown Weasel. beside the brown ; feet white beneath; always turnswhite on the approach of winter.*. Larger weasel in his summer coat. Larger weasel (Putorius noveboracensis—Puto-rius erminea, of Coues); length of body without tail,eight to eleven, or oftener nine to ten, inches; tailat all seasons bushy, conspicuously black-tipped forabout one third of its total length. Color of under * In Connecticut P. cicognani always turns white in winter,while P. noveboracensis never 130 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. parts buff-white irregularly defined against the brown; feet brown; turns white only in the northern part of its range. The male of this species is much larger than the female. In respect to the general color both weasels are the same. But Elliott Coues makes an emphaticpoint of distinction between thetwo species, which is obvious in acomparison of the tails. He says: This member is both absolutelyand relatively shorter in the weaselthan in the ermine. ... In theweasel the tail is without the slight-est bushy enlargement, and in mostof the specimens I have seen there
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