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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 

 they are taken in. 

 Fine Smell. The skin and excrements of this animal have 

 a fine 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 gowns of ma- 

 gistrates. 



16- Pine 



Martin. 



Martes abietum. Rail syn. 



quad. 200. 

 Meyer s an. ii. Tab. 5. 

 Martes sylvestris. Gesner quad. 



terrmnatis vestita, gutture 

 flavo. Brisson quad. 179- 

 De Buff on. Tom. vii. 186. 

 Tab. 22. 



765. 



Br. Zpol. 39. Hist, 



. quad. 



Mustela Martes. Gm. Lin. Q5. 



No. 244. ii. p. 42. 



Arct, 



Mustek pilis in exortu ex cine- 



Zool. i. No. 27. p. 



88. 



reo alb id is casta neo colore 







Brit. Bel a goed 



Port. 





Fren. La Marte 



Germ. Feld-marder, 



wild 



Ital. Marta, Martura, Mar- 



marder 





tora, Martorello 



But. Marter 





Shan. Marta 



Swed. 





J_ HIS species is found in Great Britain, but 

 is much less common in England than the for- 

 mer; it is sometimes taken in the counties of 

 Meireoneth and Caernarvon, as I was informed 

 by my late worthy friend Mr. W. Morris, where 

 it is distinguished from the other kind, by the 



