THE PINE MARTEN IN LINCOLNSHIRE. 239 
1854, he had a fine specimen of the Pine Marten brought to him 
for preservation, caught the previous day in a trap on the estate 
of Capt. Fox, of Girsby, about seven miles from Louth. He also 
mentions a second example, on the authority of the Rev. George 
Jackson, of Reston, taken some years previously in Burwell Wood, 
about four miles from Louth. 
In 1865 one was trapped in a plantation at Riby, near Grimsby, 
on Col. 'Tomline’s estate, as recorded by me in ‘ The Zoologist’ 
for 1866 (p. 242); another had been trapped in the same locality 
a short time previously. 
One is recorded in the same Journal for 1877 (p. 251) by the 
Rey. A. P. Morres, shot in the South Wood, at Stainfield, near 
Wragby, in the winter of 1871-72. This wood is five hundred 
acres in extent, and was known formerly as a famous haunt of the 
Marten-cat. 
Again, in ‘ The Zoologist’ for 1879 (p. 420), a female Marten- 
cat is stated to have been trapped in that year on the property of 
Mr. Rowland Winn, at Appleby, near Brigg. 
So far as I am aware, these comprise all the recent occur- 
rences on record of the Marten in Lincolnshire, in addition to 
which I have the following notes :— 
In 1858 a Marten was caught in Well Wood, near Alford; 
this came into the possession of Mr. Hibbert, innkeeper, of that 
place, who subsequently put it into a sale. I have not been able 
to trace it beyond Mr. Hibbert’s possession. 
In the winter of 1874 one was trapped in a plantation called 
the ‘“‘Suscoms,” on the hillside at Worlaby, near Louth. The 
stuffed skin is now in the house of Mr. Alders, of Worlaby. This 
specimen was thought to be a wanderer from Burwell Wood, at 
no great distance. ‘This wood, one of 400 to 500 aeres, is of 
great antiquity, a remnant of that forest belt which at the time of 
the Danish settlement fringed both the northern and southern 
slopes of the wolds-from Spilsby to Barton-on-Humber. I am 
told that up to 1874 or 1875 the Pine Marten had occasionally 
been found in Burwell Wood. A correspondent has told me that 
seven or eight years ago he trapped three Martens near * * * 
. Wood, and says that at the present time he knows where there 
are a few left, and hopes this spring to be able to get some young 
_ ones from the nest to be reared as pets. Subsequently he told 
me of two other localities where the Marten may be found. 
