Irish Mavimals. ^9 



— Monaghan, Wicklow, and Tipperary. Its occurrence in 

 England has also been proved in I^undy Island' ; in Surrey^ 

 at Norwich^ ; almost certainly at I^ittle Whelnetham, in 

 Suffolk-*, and quite recently at Cambridge. In Scotland it 

 has occurred in North Uist^ 



Passing over the Voles (pp. 201-219), which do not occur in 

 Ireland, we come to the Rabbits and Hares, and here Mr. 

 I^ydekker must be commended for his support of a change in 

 nomenclature, which, though certain to prove inconvenient 

 at first to those who have used the older names, is undoubtedly 

 a right one, viz. : — Lepus europcsus, Pallas, for the Common 

 Hare of England, instead of Lepus timidus of many authors, 

 and Lepus timidus, lyinnseus (formerly applied wrongly to the 

 preceding species) instead of Lepus variabilis, Pallas, for the 

 Mountain Hare (the common Hare of Ireland) the reasons for 

 which are given on page 222. As Mr. I^ydekker has given 

 an introduced species such as the Fallow-deer a place among 

 our Irish mammals, he might have alluded to the fact that 

 English Hares have more than once been introduced into 

 Ireland, though we are not aware that any of the introductions 

 have as yet proved a success. The introduced species is said 

 to keep apart from the Irish Hare and to make no attempt 

 to interbreed with it ; and in most of the instances which have 

 come under our notice it has died out unless protected. Some 

 instances of the introduction of English Hares into Ireland 

 will be found collected^ where will also be found other notes 

 on the Irish Hare, but the list is by no means perfect, and we 

 possess notes of several other instances. Irish Hares have 

 several times been introduced into Great Britain and have 

 done well, notably at Vaynol, in North Wales^ and in Islay, 

 off Argyleshire% where they are stated to have been dis- 

 tinguishable from the Scotch Hare." 



^ Irish NaUiralist, September, 1892. 



^ Zoologist, February, 1893, p. 103. 



8 Described as hybrids in Zoologist, Sept., 1889. 



* Field, Jan. 24, 1891. 



^ Annals of Scottish Natural History^ April, 1891, p. 134. 



'° Irish Sportsman, September 19, 1891. 



' Field, August I, 1 891. 



^ Thompson's " Natural History of Ireland ". 



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