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mammalia. FERA- . Muftela. S9 
Body blackifh -lawny ; on the breall a white fpot. Pekan, 
irii'.abits Canada; about 2 feet long, tail 10 inches. 
Hair [oft, glofly, cinereous at the roots, tawny at the tips; ears 
a little pointed ; whijkers long, llrong ; fides greyilh ; legs 
and tail black ; fpot between the fore-lcgt tVhile; toes hairy ; 
c/aa;tfliarp. • 
Body blackilri-tawny ; throat and breafi white. Martin. 
•‘nhablts moft parts of fouthern Europe ; preys by night on poul- 
eggs, frogs, birds, and ripe fruit ; an enemy to cats ; 
cnfily tamed when young; female brings 3 — -j young, and 
breeds in hollow trees. 
Hair on the body, lidcs and legs cinereous at the root, chehiut 
m the middle, black at the tip; head brown tinged with 
reddifh ; ears broad, rounded ; eyes lively ; belly deep brown ; 
feet hairy; dazos white; length t8 inchest, tail to. 
Body blackifli-tawny ; throat and breaft yellow. 
Pine Martin^ 
Inliabits tire north of Europe, Afia, and America, rarely the 
fouth of Europe ; preys by night ; lives by day in hollow 
trees and fquirrel’s nefts ; feeds on young fquirfels, mice, 
birds, berries, ripe fruits and honey, in the winter devours 
pigeons and poultr y ; gravid 9 months, brings ■j— 8 young 5 
fur valuable. 
Elead llrorter ; Jeet longer than the laft. 
Dark-brown; fort-head white ; neck with a long, narrow 
iiripe along the fide. Guinea Martin. 
Inhabits Guinea; near 2 feet long, tail 5 inches. 
Fur fprinkled with black and white; fnout long, black ; croxeii 
whrtifh-grey ; bdly chel'nut. 
Body covered with woolly hair ; tail long, taper. 
Woolly Martin. 
Inhabits Cayenne; near 16 inches long, tail 9. 
Snout long, {lender; upper jrtw longer; cars fhort, rounded ; 
legs firort. 
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Body dark-tawny ; forehead white ; throat cinereous. Sable. 
Snowy-white. 
A collar of white or yellow fpots round the neck. , 
Inhabits the northern parts of Afia and America, Siberia, Kamt- 
jehatka, the Kurile ijlands ; fleeps by day, preys by night on 
finaller weefels, fquirrels and haiys, in winter on birds, par- 
la ticularly 
