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PINE MARTIN. 



Class I. 



in that part is also darker ; but martins vary 

 in their colors, inclining more or less to ash- 

 color, according to their ages or the seasons 

 thev are taken in. 

 Fine Smell. The skin and excrements of this animal have 

 a iine musky scent, and are entirely free from 

 that rankness which distinguishes the other 

 species of this genus : the skin is a valuable fur, 

 and much used for linings to the s;owns of ma- 

 sistrates. 



spi. 



ID. Pine !Martes abietum. JRc 

 Martin. gj,ad. 200. 



Meyer's an. ii. Tab. 5. 



!Martes sylvestris. Gesner quad. 



760. 

 !Mustela Martes. Gm. Lin. 05. 

 Mustela pilis in exortii ex cine- 

 reo albidis castaneo colore 



terminatis vesnta, gutture 



flavo. Brisson quad. l~Q. 

 De Bvffon. Tom. vii. 186, 



Tah. 2'J. 

 Br. ZooJ. 39. Hist. 



No. 244. ii. p. 42. 



Zool. i. No. 27. p. I 



quad. 

 Arct. 



Brit. 



Bela goed 



Port. 





Fren. 



La jNIarte 



Germ. 



Feld-marder, 



IfaL 



JNIarta, INIartiira, !Mar- 





marder 





tora, Martorello 



Duf. 



^Nlarter 



Span. 



^larta 



Siced. 





%vild- 



X HIS species is found in Great Britain, but 

 is much less common in Efigkmd than the for- 

 mer; it is sometimes taken in the counties of 

 j\Ieireoneth and Caernarvon, as I was informed 

 bv mv late worthy friend !Mr. W. Hlorris, where 

 it is distinguished from the other kind, by the 



