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PINE MARTIN. Class 1. 



16. Pine Martes abletum. Raii Jyn. 

 Mariin. quad. 200. 



Meyer's an. ii. Tab. 5. 

 Martes fylveftris. Qcjncr quad. 



765. 

 Muitela pili-^ in exortu ex cine- 

 reo albidis callaneo colore 



terminatis vellita, gutture 



flavo. BriJJon quad. 179. 

 De Buforty Tom. vii. 186. 



Tab. 22. 

 Br. Zool. ^g, Syn. quad. 



No. 155. 



U R. 



THIS fpecies is found in Great Britain-, but is 

 much Ms common in England than the for- 

 mer : it is fometimes taken in the counties of 

 Merioneth and Caernarvon., as I was informed by 

 my late worthy friend Mr. IF. Morris, where it 

 is diftinguifhed from the other kind, by the name 

 of hela goed, or wood martin, in being fuppofed 

 entirely to inhabit the woods ; the ^hela graig to 

 dwell only among the recks. Tho' this is fo 

 rare in thefe pans, yet in Scotland it is the only 

 kind; where it inhabits the fir forefts, building its 

 neft at the top of the trees *. It loves a cold 

 climiite, and is found in much greater numbers in 

 the north oi Europe, than, in the other parts. North 

 America abounds with thefe animals. Prodigious 

 numbers of their fkins are annually imported 



Vide Sibbald's HiJ}, Scot. Part II. Lib. iii. p. ir 



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