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was dredged from the Tees, and was probably referable to this 

 animal. One is reported to have been found alive at Seaton 

 Snook, in the year 1871, as mentioned in Clarke and Roebuck's 

 "Vertebrate Fauna," and in the report on the Migration of 

 Birds, for the year 1883 (page 58), reference is made to the 

 occurrence of a large Seal, seen at the Tees mouth, on the 18th 

 of November, 18s3, probably also referable to the above 

 species. 



MAMMALIAN NOTES FOR 1899. 



By R. G. Clayton. 



In April, I had sent me a fine old male badger (Meles 

 iaxtisj from near Ingleby. The female also had been killed. 

 I was glad to learn that this spirit of extermination* is not 

 countenanced at Pinchingthorpe, where several " earths " were 

 pointed out to the members by Mr. A. E. Pease, when they 

 were privileged to inspect his sporting trophies, and subsequently 

 went over the bank to Hutton Hall. 



An otter ( Lutra vulgaris) was caught alive at Kildale, but 

 I could not get any definite account as to what became of it 

 ultimately. 



* This interesting animal is also, unfortunately, possessed by a "spirit 

 of extermination," and has of late years extended its range to several parts 

 of Cleveland and the neighbouring district, including Bilsdale and 

 Bransdale. — Ed. 



