It has recently been argued that there might exist a four-parameter analytic
solution to the Bianchi IX cosmological model, which would extend the
three-parameter solution of Belinskii et al. to one more arbitrary constant. We
perform the perturbative Painlev\'e test in the proper time variable, and
confirm the possible existence of such an extension.Comment: 8 pages, no figure, standard Latex, to appear in Regular and chaotic
dynamics (1998