40 QUADRUPEDS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



which extends northeast through Stamford, Vermont. Whether 

 it is found in any other part of this State, I have not been able to 

 learn. 



2. Mustek martes. Lin. The Pine Marten. 



Id., Richardson, Fauna Bor. Am., p. 51. Harlan, Fauna Am., p. 67. 

 Pine Marten, Pennant, Arct. Zool., i. p. 77. Godman, Nat. Hist. i. p. 200. 

 La Marte, Buffon. 

 Martes abietum, Ray. 



Figure ; Godman, i. p. 208. 



Specific characters. Brown ; yellow stripe along the throat 

 and belly ; head and margin of the ears whitish ; legs and tail 

 black. 



Description. The color is yellowish-brown, varying some- 

 what with the season ; in the fall, before the fur is good, it is 

 reddish, and rather dirty or soiled in its appearance, but becomes 

 pale towards spring ; head triangular ; muzzle pointed, and the 

 nose extending beyond the lips ; ears rounded, with whitish mar- 

 gins, rather large and open ; eyes large, prominent, and remarka- 

 bly lively ; body long and flexible ; tail long and bushy ; feet 

 rather short ; fur of two kinds, the inner fine, soft, and of a light- 

 yellowish color, or grayish, the outer long, shining, and ash- 

 colored at the roots, but brown and glossy at the extremity, yet 

 varying in intensity ; some are black at their ends ; legs and tail 

 black ; toes five, free, inner shortest, and armed with slender 

 nails. 



Dimensions. 



Full grown male. 



