OF CHESHIRE ANT) NORTH WALES. 247 
parts of this specimen is very dark brown, almost black ;} that 
on the throat decidedly yellow; and is undoubtedly referable to 
the WZ. abiefum of Ray. Mr. J. E. Harrine, in his interesting 
article on the ‘“‘ British Marten” (Zoologist, 1891, p. 452), gives 
four records of its occurrence in Cheshire. One was killed 
early in the ‘‘ forties,” by ‘‘a game-keeper named Robinson, in 
the service of the Marquis of Westminster, at Whitley, not far 
from the old forest of Delamere.”” One was trapped at Hooton, 
in Wirral; another was taken alive ‘‘in the wooded district 
behind the hills at Frodsham ;” and the fourth killed by fox- 
hounds in the neighbourhood of Eddisbury Hill, in the forest 
of Delamere. These are all old records, and I have no doubt 
that the Marten has long since become extinct in the Delamere 
Forest district. 
A few days after the specimen was obtained at Eaton, as 
recorded above, another Marten was killed on the rabbit warren 
near Hope, and was afterwards preserved by MR. Jarvis, 
Taxidermist, Chester. 
ConnauH’s Quay: A very pale female, with a dusky-white 
throat, was taken here on the 14th of April, 1892, and which 
answers very well to the description of Gmelin’s WZ. forna. 
LLANFAIRFECHAN: A very large male was killed near here 
about the 28th of April, 1892; this was also a pale-throated form. 
For the two last records I am indebted to Mr. T. Hutcurnson, 
Taxidermist, of Chester, who very kindly allowed me to examine 
the specimens while in the flesh. 
Below I append the measurements of three of the above 
specimens :— 
Total length. Head. Tail. 
Eaton Specimen.. .. 28% in. 34 in. 1oz in. 
Connah’s Quay do. .. 252 in. 34 in. g# in. 
Llanfairfechan do. .. 29 in. 4 in. Ir in, 
In concluding my notes on the Marten, I must again refer to 
Mr. J. E. HartInG (Zo0., 1893, p. 162), to complete the North 
Wales records. At Llanberis one was killed in 1845, and is said 
to have been common at that time. ‘About the end of 1879, 
three were killed in the neighbourhood of Beddgelert ;” and 
*“‘two were trapped in February, 1890, on Lord Penrhyn’s moors, 
by Conway Lake.” I would strongly advise the reader to refer 
to Mr. Hartine’s original articles (/c.), as the above are only 
brief extracts from the author’s very interesting account of this 
almost extinct animal. 
Family—CANIDZ. 
Fox (Canis Vulpes, Linn.) I think most abundant in the 
Delamere district, in Cheshire. 
