I io ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Elsewhere P. secunda is recorded from the major part of 

 Europe. 



Asia Corea, Davuria, Siberia. 



N. America Canada to the River Mackenzie, Greenland. 



United States Nebraska, along the Rocky Mountains, 

 to Mexico and California. 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



An Old-time Vermin List. I am indebted to Mr. W. J. 

 Herries Maxwell of Munches for his permission to publish the 

 following " List of Vermin destroyed and Premiums paid for the same, 

 on the Duchess Countess of Sutherland's Estates in the County of 

 Sutherland, from March 1831 to March 1834." 



This list was sent to Sir William Jardine, the celebrated 

 naturalist, by Mr. John Baigrie in a letter dated " Scowrie, i5th 

 September 1834," and with other correspondence is now in the 

 possession of Mr. Maxwell, Sir William's grandson. 



I have not been able to ascertain exactly who Mr. Baigrie was, 

 but from the opening sentence of the letter referred to we may take 

 it that he was employed on the Sutherland estates. This letter 

 begins : " I regret very much that I have been prevented from 

 sending you sooner the list of the vermin, which has been occasioned 

 by my having been much engaged since the Duchess came to the 

 country." 1 



The list, which, as far as I know, has not been previously 

 published, itself calls for very little remark, being but a plain 

 statement of painful facts. 



The "548 King's Fishers " enumerated as having been destroyed 

 at 6d., or at a total cost of ^13 : 145., were probably Dippers 

 (Cinclus cinclus brittanicus). 



LIST OF VERMIN DESTROYED AND PREMIUMS PAID FOR THE SAME, 

 on the Duchess Countess of Sutherland's Estates in the County 

 of Sutherland, from March 1831 to March 1834. 



s. d. s. d. 



71 Old Bitch Foxes . . . at 42 o 149 2 o 



49 Young 20 o 49 o o 



73 Old Dog Foxes 15 o 54 15 o 



46 Young ,,761750 



901 Wild Cats, Martins, and Polecats ,, 26 11212 6 



418 Weasels . . . . . ,, io 20180 



1 [Mr. John Baigrie was local Factor on the Estates of the Duke of Sutherland 

 in Assynt and Edderachyllis prior to that post being occupied by the late Mr. 

 Evander M'lver. J.A.H.-B.] 



