Clafsi MARTIN: 8i 



nefs which diftinguilhes the other fpecles of this 

 genus ; the fkin is a valuable fur ; and much ufed for 

 linings to the gowns of magiftrates. 



Species III. The Yellow Breafted Martin. 



Martes abietum. Rali fyn. <q^uad. reo albidiscaftaneo colore t^r- 



2DO. minatis vellita, gutture flavo. 



Meyer's an. ii.Tab. 5. BriJJ'on quad- 179. 



Martes fylveftris. Ge/ner quad. De Buffon, Tom, vii. 1 86. Tab. 



765. 22. 



Muftela pilis in exortu ex cine- Br. Zool. 39. 





NAMES. 





Brit. 



Bela goed Port. 





Fren. 



La Marte Gerfu, 



Feld-marder, \vild-mar= 



ltd. 



Marta, Martura, Mar- 



der 





tora, Martorello Dut. 



Marter 



Span, 



Marta Si^^cd. 





THIS fpecies is found in Great Britain j but is 

 much lefs common in England than the former % 

 it is fometimes taken in the counties of Merioneth and 

 Caernarvon', where it is diftinguiihed from the other 

 kind, by the name of hela goed, or wood martin, it 

 being fuppofed entirely to inhabit the woods ; the bela 

 graig to dwell only among the rocks. Tho' this is fo 

 rare in thefe parts, yet in Scotland it is the only kind ; 

 where it inhabits the fir forefts, building its neft ac 

 the top of the trees *, It loves a cold climate, and is 

 found in much greater numbers in the north of 

 Europe, than in the other parts. North America 

 abounds with thele animals. Prodigious numbers of 



o 



* Vide Zihhala's EiJ}. Sec!, part ii, lib. iii. p. 1 1. 



G their 



