MancJiester Memoirs, Vol. Hi. (igo8), No. 6. 



VI. Some Notes on the Mammals of Lundy. 

 By T. A. Coward, F.Z.S. 



Received and read, December loth, igoj. 



The Mammalian fauna of Lundy has not received the 

 same attention as some other branches of its fauna and 

 flora, for instance as its birds, beetles, and land and fresh- 

 water shells. All British mammals have until recently 

 been much neglected, and the number of species found on 

 Lundy is so small that the collector has not been attracted. 

 Incidentally its mammals have been referred to in 

 journals and newspapers, but there is no complete list ; 

 the statements made by J. R. Chanter in his " Lundy 

 Island " (l), published in 1877, are frequently quoted as if 

 they comprised all that could be said on the subject. To 

 correct a few misconceptions and add a little to the 

 knowledge of the Island I offer these notes, the result of 

 a few days spent on Lundy. 



Mr. Charles Oldham and I were on Lundy from 

 August 28th to September 4th, 1907, and put down traps 

 every night in likely spots for Rats, Mice, Voles, and 

 Shrews, but the majority of our traps were empty in the 

 morning or had been sprung by slugs. Slugs, indeed, 

 were very troublesome ; attracted by the bait they crawled 

 over the traps, releasing the springs and frequently being 

 captured, possibly early in the evening before small 

 mammals had begun to feed. We thus secured few 

 specimens of the animals we wanted, though the runs of 

 mammals were abundant in some places ; winter trapping 

 would probably be more productive. 



January 22nd, igo8. 



