THE NATURALIST. 



CATALOGUE OF THE MAMMALIA, BIRDS, REPTILES, AND 

 AMPHIBIANS FOUND IN DORSETSHIRE.* 



By James C. Dale, Esq., A. M., F. L. S. 



Class I. MAMMALIA. 

 Order I. FERJE. 



ii. Meles. Badger. 



2. taxus. Common Badger. Glanvilles Wootton, &c. 

 iii. Mustela. Weasel. 



3. foina. Marten Weasel. Near Stock House ; caught alive by 

 Mr. Yeatman's hounds, but biting the huntsman's hands severely ; it was 

 kept alive some time. 



5. putorius. Fitchet Weasel. Glan. Woott., &c. 



7. vulgaris. Common Weasel. Glan. Woott., &c. 



8. erminea. Stoat Weasel. G. W., &c. Sometimes white in 

 winter. 



iv. Lutra. Otter. 



9. vulgaris. Common Otter. River Stour ; two ( $ and ? ) were 

 shot there by Mr. St. Lo. 



v. Canis. Dog. 



12. vulpes. Fox. G. W., &c. Eats Beetles, &c. ; for further par- 

 ticulars refer to the gentlemen of the " white cape." 



vi. Felis. Cat. 



13. catus? Wild Cat? G. W. Some very large Cats are occa- 

 sionally taken in the woods, but it is doubtful whether they are the real Wild 

 Cat ; they are very destructive to game. 



vii. Phoca. Seal. 



15. vitulina. Common Seal. Caught off Portland, in a net, by some 

 fishermen, Dec. 29, 1834.. Museum of Mr. Bridge, Weymouth. 

 ix. Talpa. Mole. 



18. Europcea. Common Mole. G. W. 

 x. Sorex. Shrew. 



19. araneus. Common Shrew. G. W. 



* Arranged according to Jknvn'u Manual, ,. (0 



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