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like the Pine Marten, it will feed on the hoards of frozen 

 fish laid up by the residents. It inhabits a wide extent 

 of country, from Pennsylvania to Great Slave Lake, 

 being thirty degrees of latitude, and I believe its range 

 extends completely across the continent. It is found on 

 the shores of the Pacific. It brings forth, once a year, 

 from two to four young." 



AFGHAN FISHER. 



Mil stela Jiar hj id a. 



This Fisher, which is smaller than the above, has the 

 tail nearly the same length ; this appendage is black, 

 and covered with hair, but, unlike that of the former, is 

 of little or no value. The general colour of the body is 

 light brown, but deeper and darker yellow towards the 

 tail ; the fur is shorter than that of the American 

 Fisher. 



The value of a skin is about 7s. ; it would be a more 

 serviceable fur if it could be procured in sufficient quan- 

 tities. It inhabits Cashmere, Nepaul, and Northern 

 Hindostan, and is said by Dr. St. G. Mivart to extend 

 to Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. It is singular that a 

 species so closely allied to the American Fisher should 

 be found in Northern India, a district where another 

 American species, the Racoon, is found. 



The Afghan Fisher is very rare. 



A similar variety is found in Japan ; it is very much 

 of the same colour as the Afghan Fisher, l)ut it has a 

 whiter throat ; it is also very rare. 



