. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. 3: \ ERTEl'.RATES; 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 hollow trees, and it is often seen by the hunter sitting with the head just out of its hole. If shot while in this position, it falls back into the hole and is lost; so the hunter, knowing its habits, walks slowly around the tree ; the sable comes out to gratify its curiosity by a look at the hunter, and is then shot and falls to the ground. More than a hundred thousand sk
. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. 3: \ ERTEl'.RATES; 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 hollow trees, and it is often seen by the hunter sitting with the head just out of its hole. If shot while in this position, it falls back into the hole and is lost; so the hunter, knowing its habits, walks slowly around the tree ; the sable comes out to gratify its curiosity by a look at the hunter, and is then shot and falls to the ground. More than a hundred thousand skins of this animal have been collected in northern North America in a single year. True Weasels vary from five inches to a foot in length, and are generally brown in summer and white in win- ter, the tail tipped with black. There are half a dozen kinds in North America. The fur known as ermine is furnished by the Weasels, the most valuable coming from Siberia. Weasels are generalh- bold, courageous, and extremely bloodthirsty, eager]}- attacking animals much larger than themselves. The}- destroy rats and birds, and commit great havoc among poultry, a single individual having been known to kill fifty chickens in one night and the evening of the following day, and to kill sex'eral chickens in a coop near which a man was standing. Minks are about a foot and a half long to the tail, and are dark brown or black. They, are found about ponds and streams, and their fur is very- beautiful, and is often sold under the name of American Fig. 49 —Mink. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy Gove, 1836-. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book Co
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