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I 5 S- P™*- Martes g-utture Luteo. Agricola albidis cafianeo colore termina- 
An. Subter. 485. tis, guEture flavo, Brijon qzeadi 
Martes fylveitris Gefner quad. y6q. 170. 
Martes abietum Rati Jyn. quad. La Marte de Buff on ^ vii. 186. tab. 
200. xxii* 
Baum-Marter. Klein quad. 64. Yellow-breafted Martin Br. ZooL 
Muilela pilis in exorta ex cinereo I. 81. Fannul. Sinens . 
W. with a yellow b re aft, and throat: the hair of a 
dark chefnut color, and of far fuperior finefs to the 
former - 0 in other refpedls agreeing with it. 
Inhabits the N. of Europe , Afia, and America: 
found"alfo i n Great Britain*: inhabits large forefts, 
efpecially thofe of pines: never lodges near houfes, 
as the other fpecies is faidf to do : M. de Buffon fays, 
that it brings but two or three young at a time: its 
prey is the fame with the former; its fur of far 
greater value: the N. of Afia , and of America , 
abounds with them : their fkins a prodigious article 
of commerce. 
* M. de Buffon fays we have none of tliefe animals in England' t 
Farce qriilriy a pas de bois. That gentleman never did our kingdom 
the honor of making a progrefs through it. 
f All foreign writers agree in this; but thofe which inhabit my 
neighborhood always keep in the woods, except in their nofturnal 
cxcurlions. 
Zokeh 
