Natural history of animals; . 3-,-^: Fig. 47. — Weasel. Fig. 48. — American Sable. a brownish-yellow color, and is celebrated for its beau-tiful and valuable fur, which is generally called theHudson Bay sable. The fur known as the Russiansable comes from a very similar animal which lives inSiberia. The Pine Marten delights in dense woods, 32 VERTEBRATES: MAMMALS. where it pursues and captures hares, birds, and squir-rels, swiftly following the latter even among the tree-tops. Its retreats, especially in winter, are hollowtrees, and it is often seen by the hunter sitting withthe head just out o
Natural history of animals; . 3-,-^: Fig. 47. — Weasel. Fig. 48. — American Sable. a brownish-yellow color, and is celebrated for its beau-tiful and valuable fur, which is generally called theHudson Bay sable. The fur known as the Russiansable comes from a very similar animal which lives inSiberia. The Pine Marten delights in dense woods, 32 VERTEBRATES: MAMMALS. where it pursues and captures hares, birds, and squir-rels, swiftly following the latter even among the tree-tops. Its retreats, especially in winter, are hollowtrees, and it is often seen by the hunter sitting withthe head just out of its hole. If shot while in thisposition, it falls back into the hole and is lost; so thehunter, knowing its habits, walks slowly around thetree; the sable comes out to gratify its curiosity by alook at the hunter, and is then shot and falls to theground. More than a hundred thousand skins of thisanimal have been collected in northern North Americain a single year. True Weasels vary from five inches to a foot in length,a
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