The " Fisher " or Pehan. Ill 



ferocity displayed by animals of the latter genus, may be observed 

 in those forming the present. 



" There are about twelve species of true Martens known, four of 

 which inhabit North America. 



" The generic name Mustela, is derived from the Latin word 

 mustela, a weasel. 



MUSTELA CANADENSIS.- ScHREBEK. 



Pennant's Marten or Fisher. 

 Black Fox or Black Cat oe the Northern Hunters. 



CHARACTERS. 



" ffead and shoulders, mixed with grey and brown ; nose, lips, 

 legs, and tail, da.rlc brown. 



STNONYMES. 



Le Pbkan, Buffon, vol. xiii., p. 304, A.D. 1Y49. 

 Mustela Canadensis, Schreber, Saugeth. p. 492, 1Y75. 

 Mustela Pennanti, Erxleben, Syst., p. 470, A.D. iT'TT. 

 Fisher, Penn., Arct. Zool., 4 vols., vol. i., p. 82, A.D. 1784. 

 Mustela Canadensis, Gmel., Lin., vol. i., p. 95, 1'788. 

 Wejack, Hearne's Journey. 



Fisher, or Black Fox, Lewis and Clarke, vol. iii., p. 25. 

 Fisher, Weasel, or Pekan, Warden's United States. 

 Mustela Pennanti, Sabine, Frank. First Journey, p. 651. 

 Mustela Canadensis, Harlan, P., p. 65. 



" " Godman, vol. i., p. 203. 



Mustela Godmani, Less., Mamm., p. 150. 

 Mustela Canadensis, Rich., F. B. A., p. 52. 

 Pekan, or Fisher, Dekay, Nat. His. N.Y., p. 31. 



DESCRIPTION. 



" The head of this species bears a stronger resemblance to that of 

 a dog than to the head of a cat. Its canine teeth, in the upper 

 jaw, are so long that with the slightest movement of the lip they 

 are exposed. Head, broad and round, contracting rather suddenly 

 toward the nose, which is acute. Eyes, rather small and oblique ; 

 ears, low, broad, semicircular, and far apart, covered on both sur- 

 faces with short soft fur; whiskers, half the length of the head ; 

 body, long, and formed for agility and strength. 



