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  49 
  

  

  killed 
  within 
  the 
  small 
  district 
  covered 
  by 
  that 
  list. 
  This 
  

   shows 
  how 
  very 
  numerous 
  they 
  were 
  then 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   the 
  present 
  time. 
  It 
  is 
  just 
  possible 
  that 
  an 
  increase 
  may 
  

   take 
  place, 
  as 
  many 
  proprietors 
  of 
  deer 
  forests 
  preserve 
  the 
  

   Fox 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  keep 
  down 
  grouse 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  wanted 
  there. 
  

  

  Family 
  MUSTELIDiE. 
  

   Genus 
  MARTES, 
  Bay. 
  

  

  Martes 
  abietum, 
  Ray. 
  Pine 
  Marten. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  0. 
  S. 
  A. 
  this 
  anima 
  1 
  is 
  only 
  thrice 
  mentioned, 
  vi 
  z. 
  

   in 
  vol. 
  ix., 
  p. 
  108, 
  for 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  Birse 
  ; 
  vol. 
  xii., 
  p. 
  228, 
  

   for 
  the 
  united 
  parishes 
  of 
  Glenmuick, 
  Tullich, 
  and 
  Glengairn 
  ; 
  

   and 
  vol. 
  xiv., 
  p. 
  339, 
  for 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  Crathie 
  and 
  Braemar, 
  

   but 
  nothing 
  is 
  said 
  of 
  them 
  beyond 
  the 
  mere 
  fact 
  of 
  

   their 
  existence. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  N. 
  S. 
  A. 
  of 
  Aberdeenshire 
  (1843), 
  p. 
  496, 
  parish 
  of 
  

   Alford, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  Three 
  species 
  have 
  lately 
  come 
  into 
  it 
  — 
  the 
  

   Pine 
  Marten 
  and 
  the 
  Hedgehog 
  about 
  fifteen 
  years 
  ago, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Grey 
  Warren 
  Babbit 
  more 
  recently 
  ; 
  " 
  and 
  again, 
  

   p. 
  535, 
  parish 
  of 
  Strathdon 
  : 
  " 
  Five 
  Martens 
  (Martes 
  fagorum) 
  

   were 
  killed 
  some 
  years 
  ago 
  in 
  one 
  season 
  in 
  Glenernan." 
  

  

  In 
  1864 
  " 
  a 
  pair 
  were 
  killed 
  at 
  Littlewood, 
  near 
  Alford. 
  

   Two 
  were 
  seen 
  and 
  hunted 
  at 
  Craigievar, 
  but 
  not 
  taken, 
  about 
  

   1868. 
  Six 
  have 
  been 
  killed 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  years 
  (1870-80) 
  

   in 
  Glen 
  Tanner. 
  They 
  are 
  still 
  pretty 
  numerous 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Braemar. 
  Two 
  were 
  killed 
  in 
  Glen 
  Derry 
  two 
  winters 
  ago 
  

   (1878-79)." 
  (Harvie-Brown's 
  " 
  Rarer 
  Animals 
  of 
  Scotland," 
  

   Zoologist, 
  1882). 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  Ellon, 
  1st 
  June, 
  1874. 
  

   Another, 
  a 
  male, 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  on 
  25th 
  February, 
  1874, 
  but 
  

   the 
  locality 
  was 
  not 
  noted. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  received 
  several 
  from 
  

   the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Lochnagar, 
  the 
  last 
  on 
  April 
  10th, 
  1880. 
  

   One 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  the 
  " 
  Lion's 
  Face," 
  Braemar, 
  in 
  1883, 
  and 
  

   two 
  others 
  since. 
  On 
  August 
  28th, 
  1888, 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  

   Urie, 
  near 
  Stonehaven, 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  Urie 
  

   House. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  caught 
  near 
  Gourdas, 
  Fyvie, 
  November 
  19th, 
  

   1894, 
  as 
  recorded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Geo. 
  Sim, 
  Gourdas, 
  in 
  Ann. 
  Scot. 
  Nat. 
  

  

  