ZOOLOGICAL NOTES 121 



Pine Marten in Inverness-shire. In some recent correspondence 

 with Mr. Cecil H. Bisshopp, Taxidermist, Oban, he informs me that 

 last year he received two Pine Martens (Mustela martes) from 

 Mamore Forest, Kinlochmore (Inverness-shire), and in the previous 

 year three from the same locality. As this mammal is becoming 

 scarcer every year, it is desirable to place these occurrences on record. 

 CHARLES CAMPBELL, Dalmeny Park. 



Wild Cat in Renfrewshire. A fine mature male Wild Cat 

 (Felis catus] was killed on the 26th of January last on Gleniffer 

 Braes by Mr. Frank Lowe, gamekeeper to James Coats, Esq., of 

 Ferguslie. It weighed 10 Ibs. 5 ozs., and measured 2 feet from the 

 nose to the root of the tail, and the tail 12^ inches. The animal's 

 footprints betrayed its lair, which it is believed to have occupied for 

 a number of years. It has been acquired for the Paisley Free 

 Museum. MORRIS YOUNG, Paisley. 



Wild Cat in Argyleshire. The January number of the "Annals' 1 

 contained a notice of the recurrence of the Wild Cat (Felts catus) in 

 Ardnamurchan. I have now, on the authority of Mr. Ross, head- 

 gamekeeper there, to report the capture in January last of two more 

 specimens on the same estate ; one being got at Gorsten and the 

 other at Glenborrodale, places about eight miles apart. Both seem 

 to have been caught in the rabbit-traps. A. BURN MURDOCH, 

 Edinburgh. 



Recurrence of the Wild Cat in Morvern, Argyleshire. In 



the January number of the "Annals," Mr. A. Burn Murdoch gave 

 some recent records of the occurrence of the Wild Cat in Ardna- 

 murchan, and concluded his note by remarking, " It looks, however, 

 as if in some happy central deer-forest home the species is so far 

 prosperous as to be able to give off emigrants at times." This last 

 sentence seems to receive confirmation from, and perhaps to account 

 for, what has recently come under my notice. About the end of 

 February I received information that two Wild Cats (Felis catus) 

 had been killed by one of the gamekeepers on Ardtornish Estate, 

 near the ruins of the old Castle of Ardtornish, bordering on the 

 Sound of Mull. Their weight was given as 1 1^ Ibs. and 1 2 Ibs., and 

 length 34 inches from tip to tip. As far as I can find out, it is 

 nearly twenty years since the last authentic occurrence of the Wild 

 Cat in this district; and wishing to receive additional evidence>regard- 

 ing these last captures, I wrote to Mr. Bisshopp of Oban, to whom 

 they had been sent for preservation. In his reply he states : " I 

 received a male Wild Cat from Ardtornish Estate on the iSth of 

 February, and again on the 22nd a female Wild Cat. Without a 

 doubt these are the genuine Wild Cat. I get a few from time to 

 time, but from places farther north." CHAS. CAMPBELL, Dalmeny 

 Park. 



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