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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. 



DimeDsions of Beech Marten, as given by Blasius :- 



Total length 

 Length of body 



„ head 



,, tail . 



,, ear . 

 Between eye and snout 

 Between eye and ear 

 Opening of the eye 

 Upper arm 

 Lower arm 

 Fore-foot, with nail 

 Thigh 

 Leg . 

 Hind-foot, with nail 



