American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . itli black, theless and tail shading from dark brown to nearlyblack. The throat and breast to the fore legsare yellowish. This species so closeh, resem-bles, both in appearance and habits, the PineMarten (Mustela Sfartes), of Europe, that it hasbeen regarded as identical. Its habits are v< rysimilar also, bul it is not found so much in in-habited districts, and on this account we do nothear of its depredations in poultry yards andsheep-folds. The Marten is a great climber, be-much at home iu trees as the :, i- cautious
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . itli black, theless and tail shading from dark brown to nearlyblack. The throat and breast to the fore legsare yellowish. This species so closeh, resem-bles, both in appearance and habits, the PineMarten (Mustela Sfartes), of Europe, that it hasbeen regarded as identical. Its habits are v< rysimilar also, bul it is not found so much in in-habited districts, and on this account we do nothear of its depredations in poultry yards andsheep-folds. The Marten is a great climber, be-much at home iu trees as the :, i- cautious and crafty, taking bird- of allkind-, rabbits, and even squirrels, either by. ? , The position of a Marten in the trees is often indicated to the hunter bythe chattering flock of small birds which fol-low it in all its movements, as they do hawksand other foes. The tine engravingon the nextpage is by a German artist, Carl Deiker, andthough representing the European Marten, isan excellent picture of our native animal. 294r AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. [August,. THE SURPRISE. —MARTEN AND SQUIRREL .—From a Painting by Carl T>eiker—{See preceding Page.) 1863.] AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 295
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