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"screw-mouse" is known on Ailsa Craig, which is either this or 

 tlie next species. It has been heard calling in mid-winter (2nd 

 January, 1899) by Mr. Jolm Robertson at Thornliebank. 



9. S. MiNUTus, Z.-Lesser Shrew. If this species is specifi- 

 cally recognised and known, the distribution, as shown by the 

 information in hand, is curious. It is not mentioned in either 

 of the StaUsHcal Accounts, and Mr. C. Berry does not know it 

 at Lendalfoot. This is sufficient to assure us that it does not 

 occur there. Alston gave it as " not rare in the Upper Ward of 

 ^narkshire; " specimens have been taken near Paisley; and in 

 18J8 I received one in the flesh from Sanda (reported to be not 

 common there), and another from the Great Cumbrae. These 

 island records point to the probability of the Ailsa Craig Shrew 

 being this species. This completes the story for the area, so 

 tar as I know it. ^ , 



10. Crossopus fodiens (PaW.) _ Water -Shrew. A local 

 interest attaches to this spe<.ies, as its claim to be included in 

 the Scottish Fauna rested for some time on specimens obtained 

 near Glasgow by Dr. J. Secular, a foi-mer President of this 

 Society. Mr Wm. Evans has, however, traced prior records 

 back to 1808, and points out that "what Scoular really did 



Th-^'; rr'u '^" ^^""*^^ "'"^^'^^^ ^^^- ^^^^ ^^st time as 

 ! ' t /i.?rV .' '"'' "^ '^' publication of the new Statistical 

 Account (1845) the species had become well known, and at the 

 present time it may be found throughout the area in places 

 buited to Its requirements. I have recent records from every 

 oounty except Ai-gyll, and it is found in Arran. PossH Marsh, 

 Glasgow amidst its wealth of aquatic life, does not lack the 

 VVater-Shrew. 



ORDER CARNIVORA. 



Family Felidoi. 

 11- Felis catus, Z.- Wild Cat. Recent research indicates 

 that this IS not a native species. {The Wild Cat of Scotland, I^y 

 Edward Hamilton, M.D.. in the Annals of Scot. Nat. Hist., 1897 

 pp. b5-78.) If this is correct it is unnecessary to consider 

 whether specimens obtained are true Wild Cats or only 

 cats run wild. The doubt may not, however, take 



