PINE AND BEECH MARTENS. 1067 
been previously kept for several weeks under precisely similar 
conditions *. 
Text-figure 4. 
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NON Zenda 
My it \ bs aN He 4 
NIU AY 
. ay A 
(as) 
A. Fore foot of MW. martes. | 3B. Fore foot of I. foina. 
A!, Hind foot of the same. | B!. Hind toot of the same. 
* Miller’s statement (op. cit. p. 368) that the feet of IZ. martes are densely furred 
throughout in winter is certainly not always, if it is sometimes, true. It is con- 
tradicted by the skins of two Cumberland specimens, killed on Dee. 5th, and pre- 
served in the British Museum. The pads in these are quit> obviously bare and not 
even concealed, much less overgrown, by the fur of the sole. 
