The Annals 



of 



Scottish Natural History 



No. 55] 1905 [J ULY 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES FROM THE LOG-BOOK 

 OF THE BEN NEVIS OBSERVATORY. 



Communicated by R. T. OMOND, Esq. 



[WE are indebted to Mr. Omond for the following extracts 

 relating to Natural History culled from the Log-Book of the 

 Ben Nevis Observatory from 1872 down to the date of the 

 closing of the Station. 



These items, dealing as they do with the various animals 

 inhabiting or visiting the highest point in the British Islands 

 (4406 feet), have an interest peculiarly their own. As the 

 information relating to the various species is necessarily 

 scattered throughout the records, the following short 

 summary has been prepared, dealing with the different 

 species of Vertebrates mentioned. A few other species are 

 known to have occurred, and these have been added in 

 order to make the contribution as complete as possible. 

 These additional species are given within square brackets, 

 along with the reference to literature in which they are 

 recorded.] 



MAMMALS. 



[PIGMY SHREW (Sorex minutus). --Shrews were frequently caught 

 and brought in by the Observatory cat (" Scot. Mountaineering 

 Journ." vii. 173).. A specimen captured on the 25th August 

 '55 B 



