SABLE. 411 
but the Count de BufFon considers them as per- 
fectly distinct, and observes that no variation is 
ever known to take place in the colours, or the 
manners of the two animals; but that the one con- 
fines itself entirely to the deep recesses of the 
forests, while the common Martin approaches 
our habitations, and takes up his abode in old 
buildings, hay-lofts, holes of walls^ 8cc. Both 
species have an agreeable kind of musky smell. 
BufFon affirms that the Pine Martin frequently 
usurps the nest of the Squirrel, as well as of the 
Buzzard, &c. in order to breed in, and sometimes 
dislodges the Woodpeckers from their holes for 
the same purpose. It is said to produce seven or 
eight young at a birth. 
SABLE. 
Viverra Zibellina. 
Mustela Zibellina. M. corpore obscure fulvo, f route exalbida^ 
gutture cinereo. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 96, 
Blackish-fulvous W. with whitish fronts and grey throat. 
Mustela Sobella, Gesn. Quadr.p. 768. 
Mustela Zibellina. Aldr, dig. p. 335. 
Zibeline. Bvff. 13. p. 30^. 
Sable Weesel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p, 43. 
The Sable is greatly allied to the Martin in its 
general appearance, but has a longer or sharper 
head, and more lengthened ears. Its general co- 
lour is a deep glossy brown ; the hair being ash- 
