^W th^'^WI8ter. Doe^ the fur change for the seasbti, or with 

 ^^h^'s^lisbh?" As, too, Zoophilus feels no doubt that the 

 < '^iiimal he saw spontaneously crossing the river Wear was a 

 J^i^tOat, this fact arranges itself with testimony of a sirtiiJar 

 ;'%d{sputablie one, adduced by T, p. 296. Zoophilus' icc6^- 

 ^^j^afiiekJ his communication with a remark, that no goM'Brilfeh 

 ^ feiire of the stoat has yet been published ; and advised iis; if 

 '^idisposed to figure the animal, to direct our draughtsmaii's 

 ' dttention to ** the stuffed specimen, in snow-white fur, nearest 

 the w'indow, in the case which contains several ermines and 

 *Vsf6ats in different states of change of fur, in 'the animal room 

 ih the British Museum.*^ Zoophilus remarked on the figui'es 

 -^Irealdy extant as follows : — " Bewick's cut, in his History^)/ 

 ^ ' Qtiadimpeds, \s not accurate nor natural, and is too^mall; aM 

 ^ the plate in Pennant's British Zoologt/ is abominable, endea- 

 ^'N^Wfi^ihg' to represent the Cfeature half white and half brown ! 

 In Shaw's ^oo/o^j/ the figures are somewhat better, but still 

 o^^ig'%l^'^fiyMii^ci>F(^^u%i^^ believe, has not figured 

 ^^!m<^^eM[M^in'ii{s''I^ des Ma7nmiferes ; nor is 



^ffifefy^y fekettih of ^lAhhe Gtir dens and Menagerie of the 

 ^^mblogical Society delineated:' ^—XD. ^>^^>' ^'^ 



^^^^ 'Birds and Mammalia found in the Neighbourhood qf^ff^^ 

 Hmtilh\ W the North Ridifig of Yorkshire, (p.553.)-^^ ^y 

 ®l^w Mq Caprimulgus europae^us, found in the wobd M)^^e 

 «^fi6hrriond ; Lanius excubitor, one or two individuals^ ^M^iS^- 

 ^japa luctuosa, one or two individuals; Sylvia 7r6chilusi-^dM 

 ^Parus caudatus : the last two were omitted by over^fet* "^4a 

 "MktiintMiaJ besides the hiol-e Common specifete,^- w#'havd^e 

 ^*dttfer^,f £&tra v%aris), white hare (Xepus variai^Ks), 'tot^ 

 cat ( Virerrafoma), rare. Of the badger ( C/'i'sus Mele^), ' t^ 

 specimens were t^ken two years ago on the banks of t4^ 

 Swale. The stoat (Mustela erminea) is common here; its^^ 

 "Becomes of a pure white in "wi^iH -i— MxP. C«iisprinted M. 

 mMmb."} Sept. 8. 1832. '^^^ • -^'' ^ 'J ^ ■ -;:^ 



"^"^W.^ 'P. proposes to comrii'iinid^te siij^lei^idniiii';f^'^isfts^^%f 

 «^|^fes aS they may come under his observatiofti^ This irtteri- 

 tion induces us to remark that local lists arenot^ety wd"ccfMe 

 'k% ifej'^ttfless they be restricted to the rar^r species, or be 

 "feffSereS Jntere^ting to all readers of the Magazine by original 

 notices of the habits and manners of the species included^ 

 -the'aists.^j:D.'^^ ■• -.i^u^ 



'^^Admions'to M, P.'s '' List of BirSls land Fishek^fbfm^in 

 the Neighbourhood of Wensleydale, in the NoHk Riding of 

 Yorkshire" (p. 553.) — If M. P. includes the neighbourhood 

 <if Mlddleham in the district of whose fauha he has s^kybu 



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