. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. First Series, Photograph 3. next to the marten in size, is quite common. It is locally known as the " cotton mink " or " cotton-tail mink," with a tail of me- dium length, hair short instead of bushy, with short and very thick fur in winter. Its hunt- ing ground is in thick green timber and along the streams, and it is almost as much of a water animal as the beaver, being a great fish catcher. The otter (Lutra can- adensis) is now quite rare on the Elk River, and is exclusively a fish eater. The pine martens (Mustcia a
. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. First Series, Photograph 3. next to the marten in size, is quite common. It is locally known as the " cotton mink " or " cotton-tail mink," with a tail of me- dium length, hair short instead of bushy, with short and very thick fur in winter. Its hunt- ing ground is in thick green timber and along the streams, and it is almost as much of a water animal as the beaver, being a great fish catcher. The otter (Lutra can- adensis) is now quite rare on the Elk River, and is exclusively a fish eater. The pine martens (Mustcia amcricana abi- etinoidcs) vary in color from a light bufif to a dark chocolate brown with gray hair scattered along the back and tail or with a white tail tip. The brown and pale forms predominate; the dark ones, of highest commercial value, constituting not over five per cent of the whole number. Feeding on birds and small mammals from the grouse to the mouse, their range is mostly in the dark spruces just below the timber line. The fisher (Mitstela pcnnantii) is very rare. Smith has ob- served only one on the Elk River, and in a - few cases the tracks of others. Strictly contra- ry to its popular name, it is a dry land, moun- tain-living animal, never approaching the water, never burrowing in banks and near streams, but living in hollow trees or old stumps. It is a great tree climber, its very sharp claws being quite as useful in climb- ing as in catching prey. In size it is halfway between the wolver- ine and marten, with dark brown back and sides. Its food con-. First Series, Photograph 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 New York Zoological Society. New York, The Society
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