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the thick forest, where it climbs trees with the greatest 
facility, by the aid of its sharp claws, in search of birds 
and their nests. It also attacks squirrels and other 
small quadrupeds. In the spring the female brings 
forth two or three young ones, which she generally 
places in the nest of a squirrel, that she has killed ; 
or in that of a buzzard, owl, or some other bird of 
prey. It is found in the whole of the north of Eu- 
rope, and also in North America, near Hudson’s 
Bay. 
The skin of this species is three times as valuable 
as that of the beech or house marten. 
