NOTES ON VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF WEST ROSS-SHIRE 69 



RABBIT (Lepus cuniculus}. In recent years the great 

 majority of the Rabbits hereabouts have shown tufts and 

 spots of white upon the feet, together with a small white 

 spot on the forehead. " Black " rabbits are of course familiar 

 to all ; black ones with yellow-grey tips on the fur, are less 

 common, while pure albinos are decidedly rare. Pied 

 individuals are common enough, and probably result from 

 an infusion of hutch blood. 



ROEDEER (Capreolus caprcza}. In the winter of 1879-80 

 a Roe, the whole of whose hind quarters were pure white, 

 frequented the woods of Mabie. Needless to say it was 

 extremely conspicuous as it bounded along. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



No. I. Water Shrew (Crossopusfodiens) , 25th May, 1896; Knockieknowe, 

 Colvend, Kirkcudbrightshire. 



No. 2. Common Shrew (Sorex vulgaris} ^ , i6th July, 1882, Glenlee, 

 Kirkcudbrightshire. 



No. 3. Water Vole (Microtus ampkibius) J, 2Oth November, 1893, Loch- 

 maben, Dumfriesshire. 



No. 4. Mole (Talpa Europaa) , loth April, 1899, Craigraploch, Kirk- 

 cudbrightshire. 



ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE VERTEBRATE 

 FAUNA OF WEST ROSS-SHIRE. 



By LIONEL W. HINXMAN, B.A., F.R.S.E., and WM. EAGLE 

 CLARKE, F.L.S., F.R.S.E. 



IN a paper entitled ' A Contribution to the Vertebrate 

 Fauna of West Ross-shire,' read by us before the Royal 

 Physical Society on :8th April 1894, and published in the 

 " Transactions " of that Society, we placed on record in 

 a brief form the results of our personal observations in 

 the districts of Torridon, Applecross, and Strathcarron, 

 together with information obtained from other observers in 

 various parts of the faunal area. 



Some additional information is contained in a subsequent 

 paper entitled ' Notes on the Birds of West Ross,' by A. H. 

 Evans, M.A., F.Z.S., that appeared in the " Annals " for 

 April 1896. 



