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middle ; the tarsi slightly thickened on all legs ; all otherwise 

 as the (J . 5 mm. 



A very common species at Bonhill and on Loch Lomond 

 side. I have taken it from the beginning of July to end of 

 September. Mr A. E. J. Carter reports it from Blairgowrie, 

 9th July 1909. 



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NOTES. 



Hedgehog in Argyll. — I have to give what— so far as I know — 

 is the first record of the occurrence of the Hedgehog, a little to the 

 north of the peninsula of Ardnamurchan. Mr J. C. Stewart, who 

 gives me the record, saw one at Kinloch Moidart last week, 

 adding: "the first I have seen since I came." Continuing, he 

 says: — "On making enquiries, I find that two were seen last 

 summer (191 1), between Shiel Bridge and Dorlin; but that, I 

 believe, is the very first authenticated appearance in Moidart. ..." 

 This, of course, refers to the Shiel Bridge which spans the Shiel 

 River below Loch Shiel ; and thus the route by which the Hedgehog 

 seen at Kinloch Moidart arrived is pretty safely indicated. As 

 Mr Stewart says: — "These particular animals must be far travelled. 

 They can only have come via Lochaber, unless they were imported 

 in bales of young trees, which is possible but very unlikely." We 

 have previously recorded the earlier appearance of the Hedgehog, 

 on the authority of Mr E. D. Uoncaster, and of Mr Macpherson 

 of Corpach, and its presence along the shore of Lochiel, Argyllshire 

 {Fauna of N.-W. Highlands, 1894, p. 2), and in the same revision 

 of the fauna of that area, we give evidence of isolated occurrences 

 in the west of Scotland, at Braemore or Inverbroom in 1900 

 {auct Sir Arthur Fowler), and at Attadale in 1894 {auct. L. Hinxman). 

 The dates of these records, stretching between 1894 and 191 1, 

 may point to a series of accidental introductions — as suggested by 

 Mr Stewart — or "in bales of hay," as believed possible by Sir 

 Arthur Fowler ; as also may a still earlier occurrence at Balmacarra 

 House in 1902 {auct. Godfrey), loc. cit., fide Mr Aird White. — 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown. 



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