. Short sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the highlands. Hunting; Natural history. THE PINE-MARTEN 123 marten* and the beech-marten ; the former having a yellow mark on the breast, and the latter a white one. I do not, however, believe that they are of a distinct species, but consider the variety of shade in the colour of the breast to be occasioned by difference of age, or to be merely accidental—having frequently killed them in the same woods with every intermediate shade, from yellow to white, on their breasts ; the animals being perfectly alike in every other particular.
. Short sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the highlands. Hunting; Natural history. THE PINE-MARTEN 123 marten* and the beech-marten ; the former having a yellow mark on the breast, and the latter a white one. I do not, however, believe that they are of a distinct species, but consider the variety of shade in the colour of the breast to be occasioned by difference of age, or to be merely accidental—having frequently killed them in the same woods with every intermediate shade, from yellow to white, on their breasts ; the animals being perfectly alike in every other particular. The oldest-looking martens had generally a whiter mark than the others, but this rule did not apply to all. ' The pine-marten is still not uncommon in the wilder districts of Scotland, as in the Sutherland and Ross-shire deer forests, and also in the North of England, where it is occasionally killed by fox-hounds. When pursued, it generally makes for the rocks. It is very destructive to birds, lambs, and even sheep. The late Mr. Blyth, it may be added, told Mr. Alston that his own investigations led him to agree with the latter's conclusion on the single species of marten now to be found in the British 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 St. John, Charles William George, 1809-1856. London, John Murray
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