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QUADRUPEDS. 
SPECIES III. The Yellow Breaded MARTIN. 
Martes abietum. Raii.jyn. quad. 
200 . 
Meyer’s an. 2. Tab. 5. 
Martes fylveftris; Gefner quad. 
765- 
Muftela pilis in exortu ex cinereo 
albidis caftaneo colore ter- 
minatis veftita, gutture flavo. 
Rrijjon quad. 247. 
Ruffin. Tom. 7. 186. Tab. 22. 
NAMES 
Portug. 
German , Feld-marder, wild-marder 
Dutch , Marter 
Britijhy Bela goed s 
French y Marte 
Italiany Marta, Martura, Martora, 
Martorello 
Spanijhy Marta 
HIS fpecies is found in Great- 
Britain y but is much lefs common 
in England than the former ; it is 
fometimes taken in the counties of Merioneth 
and Caernarvon j where it is diftinguilhed 
from the other kind, by the name of bela 
goedy as being fuppofed to live entirely in the 
woods. Tho’ this is fo rare in thefe parts, 
yet in Scotland it is the only kind } where it 
Szvedijhy 
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inhabits the fir forefts : building its neft at 
the top of the trees*. It loves a cold climate, 
and is found in much greater numbers in the 
north of EuropCy than in the other parts. 
The principal differences between this and 
the former kind, confift in the fize, this being 
lefs : the bread: too is yellow; the color of 
the body much darker, and the fur in general 
greatly fuperior in fined, beauty and value. 
* Vide Sibbald’s hift. Scot, part 2. lib. 3. p. n. 
SPECIE'S IV. 
The Weafel or Weefel. Muftela 
vulgaris: in Torkjbire, the 
Fitchet or Foumart. Raii.jyn. 
quad. 195. 
Girald. cambrens. 149. 
The whitred. Sib. Scot. 11. 
The W E E S E L. 
Muftela fupra rutila infra alba. 
Briffion quad. 242. 
Baffin. Tom. 7. 225. Tab. 29. 
Gefner quad- 753. 
Muftela vulgaris. Klein quad. 62• 
Britijhy Bronwen 
Frenchy Belette 
Italiany Donnola, Ballottula, Benula 
Spanijhy Comadreia 
T HIS fpecies is the lead: of the weefel 
kind, the length of the head and 
body not exceeding fix, or at mod: 
r Germany Wifel 
Dutch y Wefel 
Swedijhy Veda 
Portug. Doninha 
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feven inches. The tail is only two inches and 
a half long, and ends in a point: the ears are 
large ; and the lower parts of them are dou¬ 
bled in. 'phe 
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