. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. cuts for lumber YELLOW PINE Fig. 43. Chart showing indirect ecological relationship between the fisher and the yellow pine. On March 7, 1939, when Scheffer made his notes and visited the fur-farms mentioned, Muskett had four fishers in captivity, all obtained near Clearwater, British Columbia, between 80 and 100 miles north of Two were obtained from trappers who had caught the ani- mals in the Wild and two were purchased fr
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. cuts for lumber YELLOW PINE Fig. 43. Chart showing indirect ecological relationship between the fisher and the yellow pine. On March 7, 1939, when Scheffer made his notes and visited the fur-farms mentioned, Muskett had four fishers in captivity, all obtained near Clearwater, British Columbia, between 80 and 100 miles north of Two were obtained from trappers who had caught the ani- mals in the Wild and two were purchased from Stanley Silke, of Clear- water, who had been raising fishers in captivity for a short time. A letter from Mr. Silke to Mr. Muskett stated that two pen-bred females carried young 350 and 354 days. A wild-taken female, in captivity gave birth to a litter on March 23, 1934. She did not mate in this year but did so in the following year, on April 13, 1935. The second litter, of two kits, arrived on April 2, 1936, after a gestation period of 355 days. A female mated on April 27, 1935, and produced a litter of two on March 30, 1936, after a gestation period of 338 days. She mated 10 da}rs later, on April 9. Mr. James started with a stock of all wild fishers, four females and two males, purchased from trappers in 1932. He subsequently sold a few and purchased additional animals, so that on March 7, 1939, his * The following published material, not all examined by me, seems to have refer- ence to reproduction in the fisher. Aumock, Lou. Raising fisher and marten. Hunter-Trader-Trapper, June and July, 1925. Lowe, Lester D. The first authentic report of Bsher bred in captivity. American Fur Breeder, June, 1930, p. 34. Prell, H. fJrber die fortplanzunesbiologie des fischermarders (Martes pennant! Erxl.). Die Pelztierzucht, no. 9, pp. 178-182. September 1, 1930. [Essen- tially a review of Lowe's article.] Kellogg, R. A review of the Archaeoceti (p. 328). Carnegie Institution of Wash- i
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