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climate of Unalaska. It may be worth mentioning that a specimen 

 of D. Tiudsonius from Labrador lived in the Museum rather close to 

 a radiator from early September to Christmas, that far from 

 hating warmth it took the utmost care to keep warm, and that 

 its death was due not to the subtropical atmosphere of the Upper 

 Mammal gallery, but to a surfeit of Christmas dainties provided 

 by mistaken kindness. 



N.B.- — ^In the lists of species given above, as elsewhere in this 

 Monograph, a dagger (f) precedes the name of each extinct 

 species ; an asterisk (*) indicates that the species is extinct in 

 Britain though living elsewhere. 



