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liind foot, 58 and 56. Average and extremes of ten adults from 

 Saflron Walden, Essex : head and body, 227-5 (220-238); tail, 

 171-9 (159-178); hind foot, 56-0 (55-58). Average and 

 extremes of ten adults from Blandford, Dorset : head and body, 

 216-4(211-224); tail, 172-1 (162-190); hind foot, 57-0 (55- 

 59): ear, 27-7 (27-29). For cranial measurements see Table, 

 p. 919. 



S2Jc'civiens examined. — One hundred and seventy-four, from the follow- 

 ing localities : — 



Ireland : Craigio, Kilmanock, 1 ; Ahaseragh, Galway, 1 ; Woodpark, 

 Clare, 1 ; Graigne, Kilkenny, 1. 



Scotland: Black Isle, Cromarty,!; Dunphail, Elgin, 3; Ballends- 

 loch, Banffshire, 2; Loch Earn Head, Perthshire, 3; Pitlochry, Perth- 

 shire, 2: Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire, 3; Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, 3. 



England : Guisborough, Yorkshire, 2; Leeds, Yorkshire, 2 (U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Oswaldskirk, Yorkshire, 1 ; Greta Bridge, Yorkshire, 1 ; Cowfold, Horsham, 

 Norfolk, 1 ; Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 3 ; Barrow, Suffolk, 3 (U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Cambridge, 1 ; Graftonbury, Herefordshire, 4 ; Dudley, Worcestershire, 1 ; 

 Middlehill, Broadway, Worcestershire, 4 ; Chipping, Sodbury, Crloucester- 

 shire, 1 ; Newland, Coleford, Gloucestershire, 1 ; Clarberton Road, Pem- 

 brokeshire, 1 ; Glamorganshire, 1 ; ]\Ionmouthshire, 1 ; Clevedon, 

 Somersetshire, 1 ; Wormsley, Oxfordshire, 5 ; Thornhaugh, Northampton- 

 shire, 4; Luton, Bedfordshire, 6; Pelden, Hertfordshire, 3 ; Tring, Hert- 

 fordshire, 1; Saffron Walden, Essex, 40; Whitley, Surrey, 1 (U.S.N.:\I.) ; 

 Milford, Surrey, 2 (U.S.N.il.) ; Horsham, Surrey, 1 ; Knockholt, Kent, 5 ; 

 Upton, near Andover, Hampshire, 1 ; Blandford, Dorsetshire, .55. 



BeiiiarJis. — B}^ its small size and the peculiar colour of its 

 tail the British squirrel is one of the most sharply differentiated 

 races of Sciiirus ml</ari>i. Nothing like the peculiar summer 

 whitening of the tail occurs in the other forms ; and this 

 character is the more remarkable for its occurrence in an animal 

 subjected to climatic conditions the reverse of those which would 

 be expected to produce bleacliing. Even when not bleached the 

 tail is of a drab hue unlike that in any of the Continental forms. 

 It would probably be more logical to regard the animal as a 

 distinct species, but for convenience it is here treated as a race. 



9. Ahaseragh, Galway, Ire- G. Barrett-Hamilton 11. 1. 2. 154. 



land. {W.S.Witherbi/.) (p). 



6. Woodpark, Clare. G. Barrett-Hamilton 11. 1. 2. 155. 



(/?. F. Hibbert.) (p). 



?. Graigne, Kilkenny. G. Barrett-Hamilton 11. 1. 2. 150. 



(L. I. Finn.) (p). 



V. Black Isle, Cromarty, W. 11. Ogilvie-Grant 11. 1. 3. 422. 



Scotland. " (c & p). 



V. Dunphail, Elgin. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 11. 1. 3. 423. 

 (c & P). 



3 S. Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire. E. R. Alston (c <t p). 79. 9. 25. 2G-28. 



<?, 2 V. Tillicoultry, Clackman- R. G. Wardlaw liam- 11. 1. 3. 424-42G. 



uanshirc. say (c & p). 



1 . Glamorganshire, Wales. Rev. A. Morgan (c & v). 71. 7. 9. 1. 



1. Monmouthsliiro. Rev. A. Morgan (c & p). 73.7.12.1. 



6. Oswaldskirk, Yorkshire, A. Houston Boswell 11. 1. 3. 427. 



Engiaud. (c & p). 



9. Guisborough, Yorkshire. A. E. Pease (c & p). 11. 1. 3. 428. 



