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of forty-two and a half couples of working hounds. J. Cookson, 
Esq., is master. The kennels are at Hurworth. 
2. FELIS, Zinn. 
1. F. Carus, Zinn. Wiutp Car. 
This fine animal, sole British representative of the typical 
carnivores, is not, we fear, now to be found in our district, 
although very few years have elapsed since it could be claimed 
for our Fauna, and many instances of its capture during the 
past thirty years, might doubtless be added to those given below. 
In his Fauna of Twizell, Mr. Selby says it was to be met 
with within three miles of that place, twelve years previous to 
the time of his writing. 
A specimen killed in Brislee woods, near Alnwick, many 
years ago, is now, or was recently, preserved in Brislee Tower. 
At Castle Eden, Mr. Tristram informs us, it has been extinct 
for about twenty years. 
The present Lord Ravensworth shot a specimen in the woods 
near his seat at Eslington, in the year 1853. 
2. F. pomssticus, Linn. Cat. 
This species, probably of North African descent, differs 
greatly from the wild British species, and. cannot easily be 
mistaken for it by those who know the latter animal. Indi- 
viduals of this species which have betaken themselves to the 
woods, where they live in a state of wildness, are, however, often 
called by gamekeepers and others wild cats. 
3. MUSTELA, Linn. 
1. M. vonearts, Zinn. WHAsEL. 
This animal is very abundant throughout our district. 
2. M. erminea, Zinn. Sroat. Eemine. Winter WEASEL. 
This species is quite as common in our district as the pre- 
ceding one, and in the uplands probably more abundant. At 
St. John’s, in Weardale, Mr. W. Backhouse has frequently 
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