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THE PINE OR YELLOW-BREASTED MARTIN*. 



PINE WEESEL. 



IT is an improper distinction which some natu- 

 ralists have made betwixt the Martin and the Pine 

 Martin., to call one the Maries fagorum, the Beech- 

 forest Martin ; and the other, Maries dbietum, or 

 the Pine-forest Martin: for the animals occasion- 

 ally inhabit all kinds of forests, and very frequently 

 such where neither beech nor fir trees are to be 

 found. 



Whilst the Martin has its dwelling near the 

 habitations of men, the Pine Martin is found only 

 in distant, thick, and undisturbed woods. In these 

 its general retreat is in the hollow of some tree ; 

 so high up, and in other respects so situated, as to 

 afford perfect security. It seldom ventures so far 

 abroad as to enter the open and inhabited coun- 

 tries. Whenever it happens to be pursued, it 



* Viverra Maries. Shaiv. Mustela Maries. Linnaus. La Marie. 

 Bujffm. 



For the Description of the Pine Martin, see the Synopsis, p. 27, 

 No. 13. 



escapes 



