. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE SABLE. Thia =, i^^nd .a the ^olde. of a-d North Americans zealously hunted because of the great value of Its fur. It is most appropriately depicted in the snow, where one of these animals, having killed a Squirrel, seems to be called upon to defend its prey from a hungry brother, which, from the position of its claws, seems inclined to fight for a sharS of the booty. The animal in the upper part of this picture shows the mark- ings most prized by the Sable hunter: the lower part of the neck yellow, the chee
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE SABLE. Thia =, i^^nd .a the ^olde. of a-d North Americans zealously hunted because of the great value of Its fur. It is most appropriately depicted in the snow, where one of these animals, having killed a Squirrel, seems to be called upon to defend its prey from a hungry brother, which, from the position of its claws, seems inclined to fight for a sharS of the booty. The animal in the upper part of this picture shows the mark- ings most prized by the Sable hunter: the lower part of the neck yellow, the cheeks gray and the rest of the fur nearly black. (MttsUla zideUina.) (155). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Pechuel-Loesche, Eduard, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard. Chicago, A. N. Marquis
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