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grey colour ; the outer, very long, shining, ash-coloured 

 at the roots, brown at the extremity, but of different 

 degrees of intensity at different parts of the body ; the 

 middle of the back, the tail, the outer parts of the legs 

 and the feet, being darker than the other parts ; the belly 

 lighter and greyer : the throat is white ; in one instance 

 we have seen it of a light yellowish tinge : the inner sur- 

 face and margin of the ears are also whitish. 



Dimensions of Beech Marten, as given by Blasius : 



Inch. Lines. 



